Spring Into A New Look

UBA Realtor & Affiliate Breakfast 
Hear and learn about Urbana School District #116's success!
 
UBA Realtor & Affiliate Breakfast The UBA is pairing up with the Urbana School District #116 to offer a Realtor & Affiliate Breakfast. There are some great things happening in Urbana School District #116.  Educators have been recognized nationally and state-wide for their work in enlightening our children and bringing out academic excellence in all students.  Be sure to attend the breakfast to hear about the success that is Urbana School District and speak with parents and school administrators about life in District #116.
 
For more information, call (217) 344-3872
(Realtors & Affiliates only) RSVP to rsvp@urbanabusiness.com
 
Friday, February 19, 2010
7:30 - 8:30 am
Urbana Middle School
1201 South Vine Street, Urbana
Urbana Installs "Fanfare"
The first of four sculptures to be placed in Urbana!
Fanfare

Weather permitting, you will be able to see "Fanfare" outside the Iron Post on the corner of Elm and Race Streets as early as Friday afternoon. The City of Urbana Public Arts Program has selected four sculptures to be installed in Urbana, for a two-year placement period. Shawn Morin, a sculptor and the Head of the Sculpture Program at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, will be installing Fanfare in the courtyard outside the Iron Post, at the corner of Race and Elm Streets, in downtown Urbana. 


For more information, call (217) 384-2311.

Friday, February 19, 2010
 
In the Afternoon
Outside of Iron Post
120 South Race Street, Urbana
Contra Dance With Fretless Flyovers & Paul Sivier
Come dance to great live music, no experience or partner needed!
 
Contra Dance With Fretless Flyovers & Paul SivierJoin the Fretless Flyovers with Paul Sivier as they perform for a Family Dance Session. The Urbana Country Dancers host contra dances to live fiddle and string band music with featured callers in an atmosphere friendly to singles, couples, groups, and families. All dances are taught (walked-through) prior to dancing. We ask dancers to wear clean, soft soled shoes to protect the lovely sprung-wood dance floor. Comfortable clothes are also recommended. There is a new dancer orientation workshop at 7:30 prior to most dances.

For more information, call (217) 367-1544.
 
Friday, February 19, 2010
8:00 - 11:00 pm
Phillips Recreation Center
505 West Stoughton Street, Urbana
IHSA Boys Individual State Wrestling
Cheer on your school to victory this weekend!
 
IHSA Boys Individual State Wrestling Tournament The IHSA Boys Individual State Wrestling Tournament will be held at the Assembly Hall in Champaign throughout Friday and Saturday. Click on the link below to find out all the details and head on over this weekend to show your team spirit!  
 
Friday, February 19 - Saturday, February 20, 2010
Click here for complete schedule
Assembly Hall
1800 South First Street, Champaign
Laugh For (A) Change
Let's put our "ha ha's", pennies and smiles together to raise money and our spirits at the same time!
 
Laugh For (A) Change
What happened in Haiti is no laughing matter. Maybe you want to "do something" but cannot afford even one dollar. However, collectively we can make a difference! Enjoy 10 minutes of laughter exercises and if you can, donate your pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters to put in the Red Cross collection buckets. Red noses and other funny stuff will be given away!
 
For more information, contact
Debra Joy Hart - RN, BFA, Certified Laughter Leader
(217) 469-7889 / (217) 778-8766
debrajoyhart@gmail.com
 
Saturday, February 20, 2010
1:00 pm: International Galleries, Common Ground Coop, Wind Water & Light
2:00 - 5:00 pm: Beads N Botanicals, The Wooden Hanger, Fleurish, & Madeline's
Downtown Urbana
Big Grove Zydeco at the IMC
Bring your shoes and a partner or two!

Big Grove Zydeco at IMCWith a driving rhythm section that can't be beat, the fiddle wizardry of Ben Smith and Matt Turino, and Tom Turino on Cajun accordions, Big Grove Zydeco performs contemporary Zydeco standards and a host of zydecofied rock and country songs--from Boozoo Chavis to Social Distortion with twists along the way. The band is one of Champaign-Urbana's premier dance bands so be sure to bring your shoes and a partner or two. Admission is $5.

For more information, click here!
 
Saturday, February 20, 2010
8:00 pm
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
202 South Broadway Avenue, Urbana
2010 Best In Show: Photographic Print Competition
Amateur photographers will have their photos publicly
exhibited
!
 
2010 Best in Show
The Urbana Park District and Champaign County Camera Club are proud to
announce their ninth annual competition at Lincoln Square Village. This is
a great opportunity for amateur photographers to have their photos publicly
exhibited and professionally judged. There is a three-piece limit, and all prints
must be mounted on foamcore.
 
For more information, click here!
 
Saturday, February 20 - Saturday, February 27, 2010
Exhibition on display from February 20 at Noon to February 28 at Noon
Judges' critique for all entrants on February 28, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lincoln Square Village, Urbana
Market at the Square Strategic Planning Effort
Help create Market mission and vision statements and set goals for the Market's future!
 
Market at the Square Strategic Planning EffortThe City of Urbana's Market at the Square, one of Illinois' largest farmers' markets, invites the public to participate in the Market's new strategic planning initiative. Market staff, along with City Planning staff and a steering committee made up of Market vendors, representatives from area businesses, elected officials, and members of the public, will be conducting a strategic planning effort for the Market in the months leading up to the 2010 season. This planning exercise is designed to create Market mission and vision statements, set goals for the Market's future, and to give the City a blueprint from which to operate the Market for the next several years.

For more information, click here!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

6:00 - 8:00 pm
Urbana Civic Center
108 East Water Street, Urbana
Urbana's Sustainability Advisory Commission Public Input Session 
Help us shape the draft Climate Action Plan that will be sent to Urbana's City Council for action!
 
SAC Public Input SessionWe want to educate members of the community and businesses about actions and programs that reduce energy use, save money, stimulate our local economy, and improve our environment. We also want to solicit input from the community on how we can best meet these goals and learn about potential barriers to success and solutions to those barriers. Listen in on a brief overview of the science so all attendees are starting from the same point. Then, break into "poster sessions" where people can rotate among stations that represent the different sectors of our community. Each station will have someone to briefly talk about the energy use of that sector and what is identified as priority strategies for reducing energy usage in that sector to help us meet that 25% reduction goal. Give your feedback, and hopefully participate in a discussion at each of these stations. Finally, meet back as a large group to review the feedback received, and provide people the chance to address the entire group.
 
For more information, click here! 
 
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00 pm
Urbana Civic Center
108 East Water Street, Urbana
V-Day Benefit Show 
Increase awareness, raise money and revitalize anti-violence organizations!
 
V-Day Benefit Show V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual slavery. Admission is $7 per person.
 
For more information, click here! 
 
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Jet W. Lee: 6:30 - 7:00 pm
The Beeson Brothers: 7:20 - 7:50 pm
Behind Yellow Lines: 8:10 - 8:40 pm
Santa: 9:00 - 9:30pm
The Canopy Club
708 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana

Urbana Business Association

111 West Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 344-3872
 
Susan Toalson
Executive Director
 
Katie Hansen
Special Events Coordinator
 
Tyla Conerly
Marketing Coordinator
 
Kevin Bernhard
Accountant
In This Issue
1 - Realtor Breakfast
4 - The Meltdown
3 - Contra Dance
5 - IHSA Wrestling
6 - Laugh For (A) Change
7 - Provena Heart Month
8 - Photo Competition
2 - Market at the Square
9 - Sustainability Input Session
10 - V-Day Benefit Show
2010 UBA Board Members 
 
President
Chris Harlan

Vice President
Stephanie Bond

Treasurer
Jennifer Rybicki

Secretary
Tom Carrino

Members
Joe Duchene
Wade Franklin

Pamela Franks
Ted Jeurrisen
Jan Kijowski
Brian McKay

Dan Manolakes
Leah Pettit
Becky Weber

Paul Wirth

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UBA Welcomes A New Member: 
 
Green Yoga Spa
Mary Wolters
115 W. Main Street
Second Floor, Suite C
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 377-5127
Save the Date: 
 
The UBA would like to extend congratulations to 40 North 88 West and V. Picasso for a wonderful BoneyardConnect networking event on Wednesday, February 10! Please save the date for our next event:
 
Spring Into A New Look
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
5:00 - 7:00 pm
H2O Salon & Spa
109 N. Broadway Ave., Urbana 
 
Come to H2O for a chance to win a makeover!
 Heartland Bank Get Your EXTRA Credit
27th Annual International Dinner and Performance Night 

The Annual International Dinner is held each spring in partnership with Cosmopolitan Club, Office of International Student Affairs, and the University of Illinois YMCA. Each year, international performers entertain the audience with dancing, singing, and other forms of art performance as diners feast on a buffet featuring dishes from over 30 countries.

Sunday, March 7, 2010
University YMCA
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Tickets $8 each


Tickets are on sale now

and can be purchased at:
University YMCA,
1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign

If you would like more information, please e-mail Kasey Umland, University YMCA Program Director, at: kasey@universityymca.org

Wines at the Pines 
 
Wines at the Pines 
Find out more about Wines at the Pines and what amazing wine services they offer with this short video clip by WCIA highlighted as a "Best Bar"!