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Well-nighUrbana |Municipalityof Urbana Skip to main content En Español 在中国 한국어 En Français Toggle navigation Residents Living In Urbana New & Current Resident WelcomePart-wayPermit and License Applications Contact Us Historic Preservation Housing & Building Safety Neighborhood Associations Parking & Transportation Plans and Maps Public Safety Recycling (U-Cycle), Refuse & Sustainability Things to Do, See & Visit Trees Urbana Public Television Utilities What’s in your square? 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Smart, innovative, and globally connectedUrbana is part of the Urbana-Champaign micro-urban community. The term “micro-urban” applies to population centers of 250,000 or less that possess a highly uncommon set of desirable nature normally exclusively associated with much larger metropolitan centers. Among these are an internationally diverse population, a strong technology wiring (including our upper speed internet), a vibrant arts/culture/entertainment scene, and a palpably turned-on public spiel on major societal and global concerns. The presence of such nature within the context of a smaller population center—the size of which can provide advantages such as ease of transportation, increasingly affordable living, and a stronger sense of community—positions micro-urban communities, like Urbana-Champaign, as an lulu location to live and visit. View the micro-urban video to learn increasingly well-nigh Urbana-Champaign. Great NeighborhoodsUrbana is made up of a number of friendly neigborhoods, each with its own neighborhood school and park facilities, and many with an zippy resident association. The range of choices for the home-buyer include the following: the nationally recognized, top-ten West Urbana neigborhood, the stately homes and recreational trails at Stone Creek and Beringer Commons, the smaller homes of the East Urbana and North Urbana Neighborhoods and the increasingly rural finger to the south and northeast.Withalwith all the housing choices, Urbana provides curb-side, single-family and multifamily recycling, with recycling totes given at no uneaten charge. Urbana takes environmental sustainability seriously and is working to reduce our footprint through a Climate Action Plan. University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThis world-class institution boasts 10 programs ranked among the top 10 in the country, including the engineering program. The University is moreover recognized as one of the top universities in the world offering over 150 fields of study for its 45,000 students. Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and TechnologyThis interdisciplinary research institute is located within the University's campus. It is devoted to leading whet research in sciences and engineering and moreover has two interesting exhibits worth viewing. On the first floor, in the rotunda, one can learn increasingly well-nigh the life and achievements of founder and Illinois alumnus Arnold Beckman. Continue on to the socket and take a squint at the various instruments designed by Beckman himself to whop the fields of science and technology. Nationally Recognized Public SchoolsUrbana is known for the progressive, high-achieving school system of  Urbana School District 116 and its great Urbana Tiger spirit. Our elementary schools have a neighborhood focus and are co-located with trappy park facililties. All of the schools have been recently renovated and two of them offer international instruction in a multitude of languages. The middle school has an indoor aquatic part-way and the upper school has recently upgraded its sturdy and performing arts facilities on its beautiful, historic campus. UrbanaUpperSchool has an outstanding graduation rate, and regularly snds its graduates on to the University of Illinois as well as other peerage colleges. USD has won recognition from the State Board of Education, the Associated Press Honor, and the U.S. News and World Report.TopnotchLibrariesThe Urbana Free Library founded in 1874, is ranked among the top one percent of American public libraries both statewide and nationally for the fourth time. The University of Illinois Library is the the largest public university library in the world with over 10 million volumes. Parks and Outdoor RecreationThe award-winning Urbana Park District oversees increasingly than 600 acres of parks and natural areas. Two of its best-loved, signature parks are Crystal Lake Park--149 acres just north of douwntown Urbana that includes an 8 acre lake--and Meadowbrook Park--a 130 acre park withal Windsor Road that includes over 80 acres if recreated native Illinois tallgrass praire, a perimeter walking path and Wandell Sculpture Garden. The park district moreover operates the Crystal Lake Park Family AquaticPart-wayand the Urbana Indoor Aquatic Facility. In wing to its facilities, the park disctrict offers hundreds of recreation programs for youth and adults such as dance, fitness and wellness, environmental education, sports leagues, summer camps and swim lessons. Arts, Culture and EntertinmentUrbana is home to the KrannertPart-wayfor the Performing Arts, Station Theater, Cinema Gallery, Heartland Gallery, Amara Yoga and Arts, and International Galleries. Every year, downtown galleries and businesses unshut their doors to a community-wide Boneyard Arts Festival. TheMunicipalityof Urbana has established a Public Arts Program to promote and facilitate the minutiae and expansion of public arts in Urbana. Urbana moreover is home to a unique variety of music and entertainment venues including the Canopy Club, Iron Post, Station Theater, Urbana Independent Media Center, Rosebowl, Crane Alley, Bunny's Tavern, and more!  Downtown UrbanaUrbana's walkable downtown features increasingly than a dozen, high-quality, locally owned restaurants and taverns, including restaurants offering Thai, Indian and Korean supplies as well as barbeque and gourmet pizza. Popular spots include Mirabelle Bakery, Common GroundSuppliesCo-op and Heel to Toe shoe store. The Urbana Free Library, Lincoln Square Mall and the new municipality park withal the Boneyard Creek all are part of the downtown fabric. Special Events and FestivalsHistoric Downtown Urbana is home to the yearly Sweetcorn Festival, Pygamlion Festival and the  Boneyard Arts Festival. The Farmer's Market or Market at the Square occurs in downtown Urbana every Saturday from mid-May through mid-November, with over 130 vendors and over 127,000 visitors each season. Market at the Square offers fresh produce, meat, dairy, wine, and cheese withal with arts, crafts and supplies trucks!   The Urbana Civic Center is the platonic location for your next reception, fund-raiser, private party or merchantry meeting. Unique Dining OpportunitiesUrbana has some of the finest, award-winning, owner-operated restaurants in downstate Illinois including Courier Cafe, Milo's, the Great Impasta, Black Dog Smoke and Ale House, Timpone's and many, many others.  Download the brochure unelevated for details! Great GolfingUrbana is home to Stone Creek Golf Course, inside Illinois' premier golfing facility and the Urbana Golf and Country Club. A Bike-Friendly, Walk-able CommunityUrbana is truly a walk-able polity with one of the weightier transit systems in the nation. It's moreover the only gold-level Bicycle Friendly polity in Illinois. Families can enjoy 22 miles of velocipede lanes unfluctuating to parks, schools, restaurants, and the University of Illinois. Trees, Trees andIncreasinglyTrees!National recognition as "TreeMunicipalityUSA" since 1976, with over 100,000 trees! AUnscratchedCommunityUrbana's professional and highly respected Police Department provides effective, community-based policing that helps alimony Urbana residents safe. Unlike many communities, Urbana has seen a notable ripen in treason despite our increasing population. Our police are proactive in working with residents to promote neighborhood watch and safety sensation programs. Click on location marker to view address.Files:  AttachmentSize Welcome to Urbana brochure12.9 MB Created on: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 18:29 - Author - admin- Contributors: BridgetBMunicipalityof Urbana 400 South Vine Street, Urbana, IL 61801 Public Works Department 706 South Glover Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802 Copyright © 2015Municipalityof Urbana DisclaimerPrivacyContact Us MayorMunicipalityClerkMunicipalityCouncil Social Media