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Champaign County Barn Quilt Tour: A Fall Festival Wrapped Up in Quilts
The sixth annual Champaign County Barn Quilt Tour is nine fall festivals in one, featuring quilts, local food, family fun, farm life, art, history and more on October 8 and 9.
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Book-signing Event with John Titus
Economic Summit Process Focusing on Key Development Issues
WTC Memorial Dedication September 11 at Freedom Grove
The new World Trade Center Memorial at Freedom Grove in Urbana will be dedicated in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 11. The public is invited and encouraged to bring chairs.
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Farm Preparing for 10th Annual Fish and Shrimp Festival
Three days of live music, fun and games, farm tours, and delicious food -- including fresh, local seafood, September 16-18, at Freshwater Farms of Ohio, north of Urbana.
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Balloon Fest Takes Off July 8-10
The sixth annual Champaign County Balloon Festival to welcome a record 16 hot air balloons. First flight Friday evening.
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Ohio Magazine to Present Best Hometown Award to Urbana
Ohio Magazine editor and publisher will officially present Urbana the Best Hometown Award Saturday, July 9 at Grimes Field during the Champaign County Balloon Festival.
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GOBA Bicyclists Coming to Urbana -- 2,500 of Them!
Urbana businesses and residents are getting prepared to welcome 2,500 Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure riders to town on June 24.
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Bicycle Poker Ride to Raise Funds to Extend Bike Trail; Cash Prizes Offered
The Simon Kenton Pathfinders Bicycle Poker Ride will be held Saturday, May 14, with registration starting at 7 a.m.
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Countywide Tour to Welcome Arrival of World Trade Center Beam for 9/11 Memorial
In an April 9 tour through Champaign County, the Urbana Rotary Club will present a steel beam from the World Trade Center. The beam will used in a 9/11 memorial planned for Freedom Grove in Urbana.
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Urbana University Welcomes Swedenborg Lecturer to Campus
EAA's Ford Tri-Motor coming to Grimes Field
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has announced that its 1929 Ford Tri-Motor will make a stop at Grimes Field in Urbana June 20-22.
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2011 Shelton Leadership Challenge Now Accepting Applications
Urbana Best Hometown Story featured on Ohio News Network
Urbana may be a small Ohio town, but it boasts some major national connections.
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Beggars Night in Urbana and Champaign County Scheduled for October 28
OCTOBER 28: Seminar to Help Businesses Become Consumer Magnets
Urbana Honored as an Ohio Magazine Best Hometown
Living Life at Performance Level Seminar with Curtis Zimmerman
Downtown Special Improvement District Study Released
Welcome the B25s
The City is encouraging local businesses to welcome the B25 crews and visitors to the area.
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