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The large waterslide at Crystal Lake Park in Urbana waits for warmer weather for overview story on the Urbana Park District on Friday, March 14, 2014. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen's Access

Gov’t Watch: Urbana Park District deals with tax losses while still delivering services

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Post published:March 20, 2014
Post category:Article Public Funds

By Erik Prado/ For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- The Urbana Park District offers a wide range of services including 19 community parks and facilities such as swimming pools and gymnasiums. But the district is now concerned about the impact of the loss of tax revenue from the Carle Foundation.

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Slices of Life: A sacred fire: The last of a farming line, a father soldiers on

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Post published:March 20, 2014
Post category:Article Neighborhoods

By Claire Benjamin -- I'm a farmer's daughter, but I can't navigate the grain elevator, grease the combine or repair fence lines. I have never…

Claire Everett

Gov’t Watch: Champaign County voters prepare to head to the polls

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Post published:March 17, 2014
Post category:Article Public Funds

By Sari Lesk/For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Voters in Champaign County are about to decide who should hold power over their tax dollars. They will have their…

Read more about the article A Second Chance: After life-changing injury, farmer-turned-researcher now teaches others about agricultural dangers

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A young Chip Petrea with his modified tractor after his accident in this undated photo.

A Second Chance: After life-changing injury, farmer-turned-researcher now teaches others about agricultural dangers

Post author:Robert Holly / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:March 11, 2014
Post category:Agriculture

Robert “Chip” Petrea was trying to feed damp yellow hay into a red baler on a wet Sunday afternoon in 1978, but the machine refused to pick it up. Petrea was working in a low-lying field that frequently flooded. A storm was headed toward the 89-acre dairy farm located just outside Iuka in south-central Illinois, and he knew that the already soggy hay would be ruined by the coming rain if he could not find a way to get it to bale.

Read more about the article City inspectors to visit Cherry Orchard

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Ariel view of Cherry Orchard property south of Rantoul.

City inspectors to visit Cherry Orchard

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Post published:February 20, 2014
Post category:Blog

By Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Urbana city inspectors, under an agreement with Champaign County, may be visiting the Cherry Orchard property soon to inspect…

CU-CitizenAccess.org's mobile-friendly app allows users to easily search for a restaurant inspection report. Type a restaurant's name in the search box to see all reports from 2008 to the present.

Restaurant inspections – there’s an app for that!

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Post published:February 16, 2014
Post category:Food Public Health

Heading out to eat and undecided about where to go? CU-CitizenAccess.org's new app could provide you with information to help you make that choice.

Read more about the article Champaign seeks to expand online services for neighborhoods

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Colleen Madera with the revised city of Champaign Neighborhood Services web site at city hall in Champaign on Thursday, February 5, 2015.

Champaign seeks to expand online services for neighborhoods

Post author:Taylor Odisho / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 6, 2014
Post category:Neighborhoods

The city of Champaign's Neighborhood Services Department says it is close to completion on an upgrade of its website to create an interactive, social forum for community groups.

The five idea starters identified by having more than 50 retweets from January 26 to 27.

Analysis reveals evolution of campus twitter hate speech and reaction to it

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:February 6, 2014
Post category:Blog

What began as a reaction to the news that University of Illinois students would have to attend class during sub-zero weather quickly escalated into a discussion of racism, sexism and white-privilege that will take place during the #ONECAMPUS forum on February 6.

It all began on Sunday evening of January 26 after Chancellor Phyllis Wise sent a mass email to students that campus would be open for business the next day. Angered by the decision, a handful of students took to venting their frustrations using the social media service Twitter.

Read more about the article How to find restaurant inspections at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District web site

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This is a screenshot of the homepage of the Champaign Urbana Public Health District website at www.c-uphd.org.

How to find restaurant inspections at the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District web site

Post author:Claire Everett / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 5, 2014
Post category:Food Public Health

In September 2014, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District – after years of planning – created a website where citizens could look up restaurant inspection reports in Champaign County. Reports for more than 1,000 restaurants are available on the site, which is constantly updated and go back to 2008.

This main tool at www.transtats.bts.gov provides a snapshot of a given airport. Consumers can choose an airport, filter by specific airline and pick data for either arrivals or departures.

How to find out if your flight is on-time or delayed

Post author:Robert Holly / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:February 5, 2014
Post category:Transportation

Travelers looking to gauge the on-time performance of nearby airports have several readily available options that they can turn to. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics keeps dozens of different data sets on nearly every aspect of air travel.