Urbana Public Television recently participated in the Urbana Park District's SPLASH program. SPLASH is an after school program for Urbana Middle School students that partners with community organizations.
Washington Early Childhood and Prairie Elementary school will celebrate the start of construction work on their new facilities with a groundbreaking ceremony, Friday, March 16 at 1:15pm.
The public is encouraged to attend this forum on the Municipal Electric Aggregation referendum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Champaign County.
On March 20th, a referendum question will appear on the ballots for both Champaign and Urbana that asks whether each city should be able to purchase residential electricity at wholesale prices on behalf of its citizens.
The LWVCC is sponsoring this educational forum to present information and answer questions about the Municipal Electric Aggregation referendum. The event will be recorded and repeated on UPTV.
The LWVCC will also host a forum for Champaign on Monday, March 12th at 7:00 pm in the Champaign City Council Chambers, 102 N. Neil St.
For further details about these events, please contact LWVCC President Tricia Crowley at tcrowley9491@gmail.com
Urbana High School’s head boys basketball coach, Vashoune Russel, invites all elementary and middle school students to register for the 2012 Urbana Basketball Camp. While the camp’s focus is primarily Urbana students, students from outside of the district may also register.
The half-day camp will be held on Saturday, March 31 from 8:30-10:00am at the Urbana High School gymnasium. Coach Russell and staff will teach students the basics of basketball. Campers will work on ball handling, shooting, dribbling, footwork, and having fun.
Registration is $30 and includes one basketball and one t-shirt per student. To register, download and print the 2012 Urbana Basketball Camp Registration form and return to: Attn: UHS Boys Basketball, UHS 1002 S. Race St Urbana IL 61801. The deadline to sign up for camp is Tuesday, March 20th.
Any question about the camp contact, Coach Russell (217) 202 4795 or vrussell9@gmail.com.
Join us at the Urbana Civic Center for this free event.You’ve seen the amazing success of Common Ground Food Co-op! You’ve heard about our local Art Theater’s revitalization and efforts to become a co-op. Now come hear how Cleveland’s community has taken it one step further - creating jobs and economic strength through the Evergreen Co-ops!
The Evergreen Cooperatives are part of a collaborative project, managed by the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC). Roy Messing and Jim Anderson will be representing the OEOC, sharing the experience of taking a big idea vision, and making it a reality. The Evergreen Cooperatives are inspiring communities all over the nation to rethink what it means to do economic development and re-envision what it means to be a worker in the 21st century.
This event is free and no registration is required. We hope to see you there!
Co-sponsored by the Common Ground Food Co-op and the City of Urbana.
On March 20, 2012, voters in Champaign & Urbana chose to establish Municipal Electric Aggregation programs in their individual communities.
Municipal Electric Aggregation programs allow a community the option of buying bulk electricity for its residents.
Happiness is two kinds of ice cream, sharing a secret...or reliving the sweet innocence of youth with Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
Spring curbside collection of leaf and yard waste will occur the weeks of April 9 - 13 and April 23 - 27 on your regular U-Cycle collection day.
On Friday, February 17th, UHS will play against Champaign Central in varsity basketball at Urbana Middle School. This contest will also be UHS’s annual breast cancer awareness game, “Hoopin’ for Hope”.
Each February, the Spurlock Museum brings in an American Indian storyteller for their Winter Tales event. This year, in partnership with Spurlock Museum, Prairie Elementary is proud to host Gene Tagaban, a teller and raven dancer from the state of Washington.
