Here is my list of the best things to do in Champaign. 1. Downtown Champaign. Cozy and welcoming like a small town, but with sophisticated cultural venues and a bustling events calendar, downtown Champaign is an obvious first port of call in the city.
Champaign offers the best of urban life in a friendly, smaller city. With a world class university and a vibrant downtown, Champaign offers arts, culture, and diversity like no other city our size.
Champaign City Council discussed a new proposal aimed at attracting more people and businesses to its downtown through a competitive reimbursement grant program called ...
More than 20 ground-floor storefronts downtown are vacant or for sale, according to city of Champaign Associate Planner Dan Saphiere. To address the issue, city staff have ...
The News-Gazette: Downtown Champaign stakeholders say viaduct a symptom of bigger issue
A large sign is posted in the closed-off pedestrian viaduct looking toward Main Street in downtown Champaign. The closed pedestrian viaduct in downtown Champaign. Mad Goat Coffee’s outdoor seating ...
The News-Gazette: Phase 2 of Champaign's Downtown Plaza work to begin this summer, run through May 2028
A driver leaves the city-owned parking lot at Neil and Washington streets Wednesday in downtown Champaign. The lot will be turned into the north end of the city’s Downtown Plaza over the next two ...
Phase 2 of Champaign's Downtown Plaza work to begin this summer, run through May 2028
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A plaza in downtown Champaign will open later in the Spring. City of Champaign officials announced the Downtown Plaza near the intersection of Neil and Main Streets will open ...