 Monument Square District holding contest to allow children 12 and under a chance to win a ride with Santa!
Deadline to enter is November 25, 2019 at 4:30PM. Winners will be posted on Facebook & notified by phone on November 26th. To enter, submit the child's name, age and guardian's contact information to msdurbana@gmail.com.  Monument Square District will host it's Annual Holiday Open House November 8th, 9th & 10th. Over 20 locally owned and operated specialty shops and fine eateries are participating.
  Champaign County Arts Council will be hosting a Handmade Market on November 1st from 10AM - 2PM. The items will include handcrafted art, gifts & baked goods from several local vendors.
Abandoned Knights of Pythias Lodge part of 2019 Urban Loft Tour    Story & photos submitted to Urbana Daily Citizen
On October 14, 1894, Urbana’s Knights of Pythias Lodge turned off their gaslights and locked the door of their former Castle (Lodge) room on the third floor of 112 North Main St. The room was never used again for 125 years and is a true time warp. The gaslight is still there, the ornate wallpaper is hanging, the high Victorian woodwork, and the fraternal murals remain in place. And now you can see this lost world on the 2019 Urban Loft Tour to be held on Saturday, November 2 in downtown Urbana. The Champaign County Preservation Alliance (CCPA) is hosting its fifth annual Urban Loft Tour on November 2 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The tour will have seven stops and features the upper floors of many downtown buildings in Urbana. The Urban Loft Tour illustrates the possibilities and potential for restoring downtown lofts and the benefits of urban living in Urbana. In addition to the former Knights of Pythias Hall, this year’s tour will feature three finished loft spaces that are now the home to downtown dwellers. It will also feature one large building that is about to undergo restoration into a full two story family home on the second and third floors that once housed the Urbana Masonic Lodge from 1883 until 1916. Plus visitors will be able to see the continued progress on the Gloria Theater and the NX-23 Rail Car. “We are excited to continue to show the potential of our loft spaces here in Urbana,” said CCPA Trustee Sandy Gonzalez. “Our loft tours have convinced at least six building owners to renovate their upstairs spaces and make the downtown more vibrant.” At the moment there are about 14 new loft spaces being created in Urbana. The 2019 Urban Loft Tour will require climbing many stairs and is not handicap accessible. Tour goers are asked to bring flashlights and wear warm clothing. Presale tickets are available for $12 and will be redeemed for tour booklets only at the Gloria Theater on the day of the tour. Tickets are available at most Urbana Bank locations, the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce, and on-line at www.ccpapreserveohio. org. Click here to read full article on Urbana Daily Citizen.   Buckeye Bash – An Indoor Tailgate Party
– Oct. 26 vs. Wisconsin (time to be announced) – Nov. 30 vs. Michigan, at noon Admission for both games is free. Concessions will be available, including brats, burgers, beer, soft drinks, popcorn, candy and pizza. America’s Prince & Princess State Pageant Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Children and youth, up to 18 years. Entry forms and more information may be obtained by email, AmericasPrinceandPrincess@gmail.com. Tickets, at $5, can be purchased at the door. Urban Loft Tour Nov. 2, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Presented by the Champaign County Preservation Alliance Premiere of Scott Kirby’s ‘Main Street, Champaign County’ Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. Presented by the Champaign County Arts Council and Champaign County Historical Society. ‘Songs of the Season’ Youth Choir Concerts Dec. 12 and 13, 7 p.m., featuring Champaign County youth choirs singing favorite Christmas carols. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. Phil Dirt & the Dozers Christmas Spectacular Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m. Advance discounted tickets can be purchased online at GloriaTheatre.org Reserved seating $30/General Seating $25 Piatt Brothers built them, Cole brothers buy one  Staff report from Urbana Daily Citizen
Ryan and Jason Cole of West Liberty were the winning bidders for Piatt Castles’ Mac-O-Chee for the price of $510,000 plus closing costs due by Nov. 22. The sale was held Saturday after a Piatt descendant, Margaret Piatt, opted to sell Mac-O-Chee in order to raise the resources to continue owning companion castle Mac-A-Cheek. According to the sale’s auctioneer, Tim Lile, the Cole brothers intend to keep Mac-O-Chee available to the public in some capacity. “In the interests of that objective, the Coles spent an additional $30,000 purchasing the bulk of the antique furnishings and collectibles sold in the live and online auctions,” said Lile. One of the Cole brothers told Lile, “We figured if it was in the castle before the sale, we wanted it to remain there for the future.” Lile said the Coles had to outlast bidders from California, Kansas, Virginia and Ohio. The final back bidder at $505,000 was another local business owner. “The question of ‘how much will it bring’ always comes up when initially planning for an auction,” Lile said. “This is never an easy question and the uniqueness of this property made it especially difficult to predict value. We were truly in the mode of ‘value discovery’ on auction day. When asked, I told them I couldn’t be certain, but felt comfortable suggesting an anticipated range between $400,000 and $600,000. Fortunately, for the Piatt family, we landed in the upper end of that spectrum.” Click here to read full article on Urbana Daily Citizen.  The Champaign County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau is encouraging residents to shop local and shop small for the holidays by offering gift wrapping as an incentive.
The Chamber will open its gift-wrapping station starting on November 1st in conjunction with downtown Urbana’s ‘Holiday Open House Preview’ and will continue Monday through Friday 9 AM to 4 PM until December 23rd. The gift-wrapping station will have special hours on Small Business Saturday, November 30th and will be open noon to 6 PM. Shoppers that purchase items at a small Champaign County business can bring those items to the Chamber office to be wrapped. The wrapping will be free to those with a receipt form a local business, up to three items per person. People at the wrapping station will be verifying and checking receipts to verify that items are purchased locally. The wrapping station will be staffed by the Chamber and gracious volunteers. If you would like to volunteer your time or donate gift wrapping supplies, contact the Chamber at 937-653-5764 or email info@champaignohio.com.  Story & photo submitted from Champaign County Preservation Alliance to
Urbana Daily Citizen This year’s concert series fundraiser for the 1858 Meeting House continues with a performance by The Nisleys, a gospel/bluegrass band, on Saturday, Oct. 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. and music begins at 7 p.m. The Nisleys are members of a Mennonite family from Holmes County. Lydia and her three children, Jeremiah, Hannah and Joni, will fill the 1858 Meeting House with music. They recently recorded their first CD. All proceeds go toward the preservation and maintenance of the 1858 Meeting House, a Champaign County Preservation Alliance property located at 43 E. Sandusky St. Tickets will be sold at the door: $10 for adults; $5 for students; free for kids 12 and younger; $25 maximum family. Click here to read full article on Urbana Daily Citizen. Mark your calendars for November 9th and join The Champaign County Arts Council along with The Champaign County Memorial Foundation for a Veterans Day Dinner & Dance. Tickets are just $25 and available at The Champaign County Arts Council.  |
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