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About Urbana, Illinois
Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois.
Urbana is a walk-able community with many bicycle commuters, and one of the finest transit systems in the nation. As a result, Urbana's "rush hour" is locally referred to as "rush minute."
Urbana has low crime, great neighborhoods, and a number of locally owned businesses.
Urbana has received national recognition as "Tree City USA" since 1976, with over 100,000 trees!
Culture
Market at the Square
Urbana is also home to the Cinema Gallery, the Middle Room gallery, and Griggs Street Potters. Every year, downtown galleries and businesses open their doors to a community-wide Boneyard Arts Festival.
The City of Urbana has established a Public Arts Program to promote and facilitate the development and expansion of public arts in Urbana, Illinois.
Historic Downtown Urbana is home to the annual Sweetcorn Festival, Street Theater Festival, Boneyard Arts Festival, Beer and Chili Cook Off, and Historic Main Street Walking Tour.
The Farmer's Market or Market at the Square in downtown Urbana has been a community event in Urbana since 1979 every Saturday from mid-May through mid-November, with over 130 vendors offering homegrown produce, flowers, plants, homemade baked goods, handmade arts & crafts!
In addition, a variety of music and entertainment venues can be found in Urbana including the Canopy Club, Iron Post, Urbana Independent Media Center, Rosebowl, Embassy, Crane Alley, Bunny's Tavern, and more!
Urbana Free Library
The Urbana Free Library is located in the downtown area. The library is one of the first public libraries in Illinois and was founded in 1874 is ranked among the top one percent of American public libraries both statewide and nationally.
The library houses historical archives of Champaign County which can be used for genealogical research. The historic building which houses the library was built in 1918. A major new addition was opened in 2005.
The library is publicly funded and receives additional support from "The Friends of the Urbana Free Library".
photo by Ragib Hasan
Fine Dining
Urbana has some of the finest, award-winning, owner-operated restaurants in downstate Illinois.
- Courier Cafe
- Crane Alley
- Kennedy's at Stone Creek
- Milo's
- Miko
- Silver Creek
- Strawberry Fields
- Timpone's
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - This world-class institution boasts 10 programs ranked among the top 10 in the country, including the engineering program.
The University is also recognized as one of the top universities in the world offering over 150 fields of study for its 36,000 students.
The University of Illinois Library is the the largest public university library in the world with over 10 million volumes.
The Urbana School District 116 - has 11 first-rate schools, as well as a comprehensive adult education program. An innovative school district, Urbana offers special services, gifted programs, vocational training, college prep curriculum and more. The small class sizes help promote individual growth and achievement!
Student Population
Urbana houses a significant fraction of the roughly 40,000 college students attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A majority of the University of Illinois campus is located within the Urbana city limits.
Parks and Recreation
The Urbana Park District, was formed in 1907, when it acquired Crystal Lake Park.
Today the district has grown to 22 parks and seven facilities, including a community center, an indoor miniature golf course, an outdoor pool in a beautiful wooded setting, a new Indoor Aquatic Center and a Dog Park, where dogs run free without a leash.
The parks are beautifully landscaped with pedestrian and bicycle trails, playground equipment, ball fields and more.
Golfing
Urbana is home to Stone Creek Golf Course, central Illinois' premier golfing facility and the Urbana Golf and Country Club.
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Events
Station Theatre, run by the Celebration Company, hosts live performances.
The Urbana Sweetcorn Festival is an annual festival in Urbana, Illinois.
The first Urbana Sweetcorn Festival was held in August 1975 in the Busey Bank parking lot in downtown Urbana. It was a community even put on by employees of Busey Bank. Since then the Sweetcorn Festival has continued to grow. The Urbana Business Association is now responsible for the planning of the festival, over the years adding a local car show, an expanded family area, live music on multiple stages, good, vendors, beer, in the heart of downtown Urbana.
In addition to corn and beverages, the festival has offreed a range of activites and events, including a display of antique and other collectors' cars and volksmarches, arts events, a dog show, and a book sale organized by the Friends of the Urbana Free Library.
Candlestick Lane is a name for a neighborhood in eastern Urbana. It is call Candlestick lane because every year the residents decorate their yards for Christmas with lots of lights and figures. The tradition began in 1961 (maybe 1960) as a house-decoration contest sponsored by the Illinois Power Company.
Architecture
The Lincoln Hotel is connected to Lincoln Square Mall, an indoor walking mall, in the center of Urbana. The hotel was built in 1924 in a mixture of classic European styles. It was completely remodeled in 1977, and a number of new rooms were added to the top floor.
Urbana High School's current building was built in 1914. It was designed by architect Joseph Royer who also designed many other area buildings such as the Urbana Free Library and the Champaign County Court House. The architecture is of the Tudor style defined primarily by the towers over the main entance and flattened point arches over the doors.
An addition was built in 1916, which included a gymnasium and swimming pool. Due to increasing enrollemtn, other additions were built in 1955 and in 1965. In 1988, an enclosed athletic area was added and the old gymnasium/pool wing was converted into classrooms. The entire building was also renovated to meet safety codes. The Urbana Park District Indoor Aquatic Center was built in 2003, adjoining Urbana High School and bringing the building to its current visage.
People
Film critic and Urbana native Roger Ebert is a graduate of Urbana High School. During his senior year he was co-editor of the school newpaper, the Echo.
Schools
Not part of the Urbana School District, University Laboratory High School is a publicly funded laboratory school located on the campus of the Univeristy of Illinois in Urbana. It was founded in 1921.
Urbana Middle School was first used as the Urbana Junior High School in 1953. Since then, the school has been renovated for space in 2003. The school currently serves 1047 students from grades 6 to 8. The school is renowned for its band program, which went to the Illinois State Band Competition (Superstate) twelve years in a row from 1994-2006.
The Elementary schools in Urbana are: Leal, King, Prairie, Thomas Paine, Wiley, and Yankee Ridge.
Parks
Carle Park, Established in 1909, is located at Indiana and Garfield, just west of Urbana High School in Central Urbana. Measuring 8.3 acres (34,000 m2), it contains a statue entitle Lincoln the Lawyer buy Lorado Taft and more than 50 well-established trees that are part of the Hickman Tree Walk.
Meadownbrook Park is located southeast of the Race Street and Windsor Road intersection. The park covers 130 acres (.53km2) including 80 of the receated Illinois tallgrass prairie. Around the prairie restoration venter of the park loops a wide concrete path, suitable for walking, running, and bicycling. Several small hills make the path unsuitable for inexperianced inline skaters. The path is adorned by about twenty large sculptures form local artists. a playgound, shelter, and parking lot are located near the Windsor Road entrance. A community garden, an herbal garden, the Timpone Ornamental Tree Grove and a shelter are located near the Race Street entrance. The park also contains many streams shich are among the first tributaries of the Embarras River.
Than Urbana Dog Park, located on East Perkins Road, is a place to walk one's dog without a leash.
The Anita Purvies Nature Center, located on the north end of Crystal Lake Park, offers nature education programs.
The Urbana Indoor Aquatic Center is a public indoor pool operated by the Urbana Park District and Urbana School District. It is located between Urbana High School and Urbana Middle School.
Crystal Lake Pool is a public outdoor pool. It is located on Broadway Street, across from the Anita Purves Nature Center.
Windsor Swim & Tennis Club is privately owned facility in south Urbana that offers swimming lessons, day camp for kids, and more.
Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE) has an indoor pool with water slide, volleyball, basketball, and a hot tub. CRCE is owned by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Freer Hall and Kenney Gym both have indoor lap pools. These facilities are owned by the Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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