The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items.
Janet Soesbe, Community Program Manager at Urbana Park District, tells us about a great trip road trip to Chicago to see the annual Flower and Garden Show.
Native Americans on the Plains learned this technique a long time ago, and Urbana Park District will burn some natural areas in its parks this spring to rejuvenate the prairie.
Students at Leal Elementary School’s after school SPLASH program and residents at the Champaign County Nursing Home know a little more about each other after a special after-school visit. The Urbana Park District Partners with the Urbana School District #116 to provide afterschool programs to students in the Urbana Public Schools.
The park district maintains thousands of trees. Here is a bit about some of its oldest and how we care for them.
As the seasons change from fall to winter, here are the ways we will keep you informed of park district postponements, cancellations or closures in cases of severe weather.
A nature photography show by Tyson Kruse has been extended through April 30.
Enjoy a variety of programs, parks and special facilities that contribute to the attractiveness of neighborhoods, conservation of the environment and overall health of the community.