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How To Submit Your Event or Information for the UBA Top Ten
We want to ensure that we are promoting you the best and most accurate way we can!
In order for us to ensure that your event or information is included in the Top Ten correctly and according to our layout requirements, please use the following criteria. Please send:
- A title for your event or promotion
- A catchy tag line (if not supplied, we will make one up for you)
- One picture
- A 3-5 sentence description
- A contact number, e-mail OR website for the event or informative blurb
- Date of event (if applicable)
- Time of event (if applicable)
- Place of event (if applicable)
- Address of event (if applicable)
- Admission fee (if applicable)
To be included in the upcoming issue, you must submit this information TWO WEEKS prior to your event (if it is an information submission, by every Monday). If it is not in this format, we will ask you for a re-submission. Send your information to: tyla@urbanabusiness.com
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Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband
Google has announced a pilot program to build fiber-to-the-home in a
limited number of communities across the country!
 We think our community
would be perfect for Google's program, but then again so do dozens of
other communities in Illinois and hundreds across the country. It would
use backbone network that
will be built by the UC2B Broadband grant. The UC2B
partners are working towards filing an application with Google prior to
the March 26th deadline. To gauge local support for Google investing in a
community, Google
has created an on-line nomination form that you can fill out and submit.
3) Win a "We Need Big Broadband" bumper sticker by
being one of
the first 10 people to send me a message on Facebook with a C-U address where we can mail it to you.
Nomination Deadline: Friday, March 26, 2010
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High Heels After 5
Helping local charities one high heel at a time!
 All the
Hits, Q96, Shelby Motors, Macy's & Refinery present High
Heels After 5! Join Q96
&
WCIA/WCFN's Jennifer Ketchmark for our 1st event that will benefit
Special
Olympics of Illinois.
For a
simple 5 dollar donation that
will benefit Special Olympics of Illinois
you can enjoy a night out after work, a great drink, lots of hourdorves,
and a
chance to win FABULOUS PRIZES! This months prizes include a $25 dollar
gift
card to Macy's, a designer purse from Bags & Baubles, jewelry from
Stella & Dot, a spray tan from Bodi Bronze Sunless Spa, a $100 visa
gift card from First Federal and much more!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
5:00 - 7:00 pm
The Hilton Garden Inn
1501 South Neil Street, Champaign
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9th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day
Free blood pressure and cholesterol screenings!
Health Alliance is hosting the 9th
annual
National Senior Health and Fitness event at Lincoln Square on Wednesday, May 26. There will be numerous exhibitors who provide resources and
support for
area seniors and their families. Free blood pressure and cholesterol
screenings
will be available and we will provide healthy snacks for attendees. We
will
also feature a live broadcast of Penny for Your Thoughts by Jim Turpin.
There
is no cost to attend and everyone is welcome.
For more information, call (217) 698-0022.
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Health Alliance
301 South Vine Street, Urbana |
Studebaker John & The Hawks with special guest The Delta Kings
A Blues, Brews, & BBQ preview night!
Studebaker John rocked the the 2008 Blues, Brews and BBQ main stage and
is ready to throw down in Urbana once again. Join Fluid Events as they
present Studebaker John with special Guests The Delta Kings.
For more information, click here!
Friday, March 26, 2010
9:00 pm - 12:00 am
88 Broadway, Lincoln Square Mall
142 Lincoln Square, Urbana
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Psychic & Health Fair
Offering occasions for self discovery, self
improvement and just sheer fun!
 Come and get a reading with the best readers in
the Champaign Urbana area. Readings include, Clairvoyant readings, Stone
Readings, Archetypal readings, Psychic readings &
Tarot Readings, Foot Massage, Reiki, Reflexology and more.
Cost:
$20 per 15 minute reading. Longer sessions are also available.
For more information, call (217) 365-9355.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Beads N Botanicals
117 North Broadway
Avenue, Urbana
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Prom Benefit for Hunger Relief
Feel free to come dressed up in that original prom garb-or to wear
something a little more contemporary!
For the second consecutive
year, our friends at Paramount Staffing are hosting the Prom Benefit
for
Hunger Relief to raise funds for the work of the Eastern Illinois
Foodbank. We'll be featuring: music through the decades, dancing, a signature cocktail, heavy
appetizers, prom couple photography, raffles & prizes (including a chance to win $1,000
in airfare!), and even a ride home for you and your car from Tatman's
Towing!
We're delighted to have you any
way you come!...but 21 and over only, please.
Get your tickets now-there are only 200
available. Call 217-328-3663 for more ticket information.
Friday, March 27,
2010
7:00 pm - 12:00 am
Kennedy's at Stone Creek
2560
South Stone Creek Boulevard, Urbana
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Una Noche: Celebrating
Great
Mexican
Life and Culture
2010
Big Read Celebration
Kickoff. The Big Read
is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership
with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest!
 The University of
Illinois Library is spear-heading this April's Big Read
celebration
to promote through reading the spirit of creativity and greater
cultural
dialogue throughout our community. This year's programming
focuses on the book, Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican
Short
Stories, and includes reading sessions, film and music events,
lectures,
and public school instructional sessions. These images portray
the children's intimate view of their families, community, and life
in school, and the two curators of this exhibition will talk about
their
experiences working with the children to create this unique show.
For more
information, click here!
Thursday,
April 1, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Alice Campbell
Alumni Center, University of Illinois
601 South Lincoln
Avenue, Urbana
Admission: FREE |
He And She
An inquiry into gender roles, family priorities, and career goals
feels fresh when viewed from our culture steeped in wanting to have it
all!
 Written in 1911, this pre-Nineteenth
Amendment inquiry into gender roles, family priorities, and career goals
feels fresh when viewed from our culture steeped in wanting to have it
all. Ann and Tom are married artists who enter the same distinguished
sculpture competition. Tom is at first supportive of Ann's work but
quickly feels threatened once she wins. Should Ann give up her art to
keep the peace at home? And what of their daughter, who's fallen in love
with a chauffeur at her boarding school and shows no interest in
continuing her studies?
Thursday, April 1 - Saturday, April 3, 2010
7:30 pm
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
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Ewe Poo Sale at FS Farmtown
Adding compost to soils improves aeration and drainage as well as aggregation
of sandy soils and increases a soil's replacement ability!
 Ewe Poo Compost Company is selling at FS Farmtown and they are having a big sale on
it. They are
offering 25% off during compost month. Compost is a lightweight and fairly stable
form of organic matter that reduces a soil's density, increases
fertitlity and can help replenish soil nutrients. Adding compost to
soils improves aeration & drainage of dense & waterlogged soils
as well as aggregation of sandy soils & increases a soil's
replacement ability.
Sale Going on Now!
FS Farmtown
1509 East University Avenue, Urbana |
Easter Brunch at Silvercreek
Silvercreek
is now accepting reservations for Easter Sunday, April 4th!
 Easter is right around the corner and it is
time to
start thinking about Easter Sunday plans. There is no better place to
spend time
with friends and family than at Silvercreek's famous Sunday brunch. From
made to
order omelettes and waffles to carved meats to the amazing dessert
buffet, there
is a little something for everyone to enjoy. Silvercreek is now
accepting
reservations for Easter Sunday, April 4th. We look forward to seeing
you!
To make reservations, call (217) 328-3402.
Make Your Reservation for Sunday, April 4, 2010
Silvercreek
Restaurant
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
402 North Race Street,
Urbana
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111 West Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 344-3872
Susan Toalson
Special Events Coordinator
Marketing Coordinator
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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
Amanda McWilliams Dan Manolakes
Leah Pettit
Becky Weber
Paul Wirth |
Shared Space Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Shared Art...
Shared
Food...
Shared Drink...
Shared
Space
Come join us.
The Urbana Business Association and the City of Urbana
invite you to come to the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Shared Space Co-op.
Friday, April 9, 2010
3:00 pm
Shared Space
123 West Main Street, Urbana
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American Diabetes Association Kiss a Pig Gala
Presented by
Health Alliance
The purpose of the contest is to raise
"votes/dollars" for candidates' campaigns. Each vote is
equal to one dollar. The candidate with the most
"votes/dollars" wins the privilege of kissing a
live pig. We honor
the pig because insulin, the drug used to
control diabetes, was originally
derived from a pigs pancreas. The Champaign
County Kiss-A-Pig Gala will benefit
diabetes research and education programs such as summer camp for
children with
diabetes. The gala includes a cocktail hour,
silent auction, dinner, live
auction and the kissing of the pig.
For more information and to enroll, click here!
Friday, April 9, 2010
6:00 - 10:00 pm
The Refinery, dinner catered by Jim Gould
$65 per ticket or $600 for a table of 10
with signage
for your business
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Law Day Poster Contest
Posters capture
people's
attention with a powerful graphic and
inspire with a message to your community!
All
public, private & home school students in grades 3-12 are invited
to participate in designing a poster to be entered to win in the Law Day
Poster Contest! Good posters
tell important stories to present and future generations.
Rules:
Any
media may be used to create a flat or two-dimensional effect (paint,
crayon, colored pencil, charcoal, ink or other materials). Poster size
must be 8.5" x 11" (portrait or landscape). All posters must be created
by an individual student rather than a team of students. Entries
completed by
students in their handwriting and coloring will score better.
For
more information on Law Day 2010, click here!
All entries must be
postmarked by April
15, 2010 to:
Law Day
Poster Contest
c/o
Early American Museum
PO
BOX 1040
Mahomet, IL
61853-1040
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CCRPC
Business Loan Programs
Loans for New
and Expanding Businesses in
the Community and Region.
The Champaign
County Regional Planning
Commission (CCRPC) is an intergovernmental organization that provides
and
administers a variety of planning, community & economic development,
early
childhood education, and social services for Champaign County
and surrounding area. The CCRPC is also a central resource for federal,
state, and local business loan programs. Currently, the CCRPC has loans
available for new and expanding businesses in the community. These
programs are designed to encourage business retention, expansion,
attraction,
and job creation as a result of economic development.
Businesses that
may
be interested in applying for a loan should contact:
Kathy Larson
(217)
328-3313
klarson@ccrpc.org
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