News across Greater Champaign
City applying for grant for N. Church St. improvements
GIBSON CITY — The Gibson City Council approved a resolution Monday supporting an application for an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant to improve sidewalks and pedestrian access along North Church Street. The proposed project would pave the sidewalks from East…
What’s coming soon? Housing projects around campus
If you’ve waited in line at The Red Lion recently, you can’t have missed the adjacent construction site for a new high-rise apartment building on Green Street. Amid a housing shortage affecting apartments and residence halls alike, students are scrambling to find places to stay —…
Expert, community members discuss noise, vibration limits at data center task force meeting
The Champaign County Data Center Activities Task Force held a meeting Monday to discuss two sections of its draft ordinance on large data center development. The previous task force meeting was Aug. 31 and consisted of three hours of public input on sections of the draft…
GREENLIGHTED
PAXTON — The Paxton City Council took steps Tuesday, Sept. 8, to make way for a community solar project on yet-to-be-annexed farmland between the Colmac Coil manufacturing plant and Interstate 57. Following a series of public hearings, the council voted unanimously to approve an…