The City of Urbana Arbor Division received a delivery of trees for fall planting today at the Urbana Public Works department.
This division provides certain services for the maintenance and planting of trees and green spaces and for operation of a county-wide landscape recycling center.
Major Activities of the Arbor Division
The City of Urbana and Green Street Realty have entered into a Letter Of Intent for the redevelopment of the 200 block of South Vine Street in Downtown Urbana.
Mayor Diane Marlin noted that this project will be the first new residential construction in downtown Urbana since 2005, when the Stratford Residences were built.
“The new development at 200 S. Vine St. will add much-needed housing options in the heart of our city for families, empty-nesters, professionals, and students,” Marlin said. “Our downtown is well-suited to support more residential development, with grocery stores, restaurants, drug stores, fitness studios, schools, mass transit routes, and essential services within easy walking distance. It’s also very close to major employment centers such as the University of Illinois campus, Carle Foundation Hospital, and Champaign County government offices.”
The City of Urbana is pleased to annonce that the executive search firm of POLIHIRE has been retained to conduct the recruitment for the Public Works Director position. POLIHIRE is a minority-owned and operated executive search firm based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in sourcing highly diverse, qualified, and engaged candidate pools for senior-level public sector positions.
Do you have a rental home?
The City of Urbana requires the annual registration and payment of a fee for all rental properties in the City. The fees are located in the Schedule of Fees.
Urbana recently launched a new online system for Rental Registration using a cloud-based program called Citizenserve.
The City of Urbana portal for online registration of your rental property can be accessed at the following link: https://www.citizenserve.com/urbanaillinois
Rental Registration Program Information
For questions or additional information, please contact The Building Safety Division at 217-384-2443.
Updates in the City of Urbana
FRASCA INTERNATIONAL
Frasca International, Inc. - located in north Urbana - has been awarded a contract from the US Navy to build ten on-ground helicopter flight simulation training devices. Frasca will serve as a subcontractor to FlightSafety (located in Colorado) for the $73 million military contract, the largest contract received by Frasca to-date. Frasca will construct the devices over the next two years.
IDEA STORE
The Idea Store, a recycle craft goods retail store, has announced their opening in Lincoln Square Mall on October 24th 2018. The move will allow the store to expand their offerings.
To see more from the Economic Development Division, open the attached document.
