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Kenneth Adams and his son Brian Adams at the Windsor of Savoy after he had to move from the Inman Hotel in downtown on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Elderly Champaign residents mourn the loss of services at Inman; Half of residents leave

Post author:Farrah Anderson / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:December 18, 2023
Post category:Elderly Watch Health Care Housing

Champaign resident Brian Adams thought he had found the perfect home at Inman Place for his father Kenneth Adams, 91, in 2020. However, when…

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Downtown for sale: Vacant and derelict buildings wait for new owners and development plans

Post author:Dylan Tiger and Corey Elliott / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:March 6, 2023
Post category:Business Neighborhoods Public Funds

Abandoned and vacant buildings abound in downtown Champaign after three years of pandemic closures, business failures, downsizing and moves, a street-by-street survey by CU-CitizenAccess…

Champaign-Urbana businesses varied in reasons to take — or not to take — federal loans

Post author:Kofi Hopps / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:June 24, 2022
Post category:Business Jobs Public Funds

A $3 million forgivable federal loan helped one local agribusiness offset rising costs, while a $100,000 loan allowed another business to simply survive. In…

The former News-Gazette building in downtown Champaign on Monday, September 28, 2020. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Former News-Gazette building sold to local businesswoman

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:September 28, 2020
Post category:Community Voices Neighborhoods

The former owners of the News-Gazette have sold the building at 15 East Main Street in Champaign for nearly $1.2 million to local businesswoman Laura Kalman, according to documents filed in U.S Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.