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The UPF Barn Bash was a success – raising over $3,000 in support of Urbana Parks.

One easy and accessible way not only to entertain your children, but also help them learn and develop, is to introduce them to the nature around them.

The Urbana Parks Foundation’s Barn Bash is coming up May 17th and it’s going to be a great time – and a great chance to support Urbana Parks. In this blog post, the Foundation’s events committee shares with you ten reasons why you NEED to attend Barn Bash!

As the sun shines brighter and the days last longer we’re starting to see a shift in our parks. Flowers are beginning to bloom, trees limbs are budding, park paths abound with friends, family, and neighbors. In this blog post we share some of the photos from a recent walk through the south side of Meadowbrook Park.

The Urbana Parks Foundation (UPF) hosted their annual dinner this past Thursday, March 14th at the Urbana Country Club. Over 80 people attended the 11th annual event. The UPF was established to help meet the growing need for supplemental support by raising funds for...

My husband, Joe Thompson, and I were born and raised in Urbana and two of our three sons still live here; we are on our third generation of benefiting from all that the Urbana Park District has to offer. Urbana’s strong sense of community is largely due to the parks...

This winter, instead of running away from the snow, embrace it! Lace up your hiking boots and head out to Urbana’s parks. Urbana is known for its four unique seasons – and with the winter months bring new opportunities to enjoy some of Urbana’s finest parks and their features.

On a warm spring morning, I was walking a mown grass trail along the east side of the wooded corridor of McCullough Creek in Meadowbrook Park. I was looking for birds, hoping especially for a brilliant orange Baltimore oriole, when I saw something run across the path...

My first memory of spending time in an Urbana Park was as a college student who wanted to get away from the fray on campus. As a student, I discovered that Carle Park was a great place to study as well as to discover that there was a community outside of campus....

By Corky Emberson, CPRP Superintendent of Recreation, Urbana Park District Urbana Park District parks, facilities, programs and classes are for everybody. We make sure that the trust the public places in us with their tax dollars is honored with high-quality, safe and...