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• Blog - Top Spots to Enjoy Champaign-Urbana's Local Flavor

  Farms, large and small, surround our micro-urban community, providing fresh ingredients for local chefs to incorporate into their menus and for us to prepare at home. Here’s where you can enjoy or pick up the freshest ingredients of the season to support our local food system.

• Blog - Making a Memorable Leap Day in Champaign County

  Leap Day only comes once every four years. Seems like a perfect opportunity to do something Outside of Ordinary! Let's talk ways to make Leap Day memorable!

• Blog - Celebrate Local Foods

  Farms large and small surround our micro-urban community, providing fresh ingredients for local chefs to incorporate into their menus, and for us to prepare at home. Here’s where you can pick up the freshest ingredients of the season to support our local food system.

• Blog - Spring Shopping Checklist - Fresh Additions to the

  Read through our guide to freshening up your home and wardrobe for the new season!

• Blog - Summer Food and Drink Stops to Explore Outside Cha

  Champaign-Urbana might be the Best Midwest Food Town according to Midwest Living, but good eats and drinks don't stop when you leave C-U.

• Blog - Farmers Market Tips for Fall

  As a new season breaks through the summer months, one thing is far from over: farmers market season.

• Blog - Cicadas in CU: What to Know and Where to Find Them

  We stopped by at the Natural Resources Building at the University of Illinois to get more insight on the cicadas, where to find them, how to contribute to their research, where to celebrate this momentous occasion, and much more!

• Blog - Looking Ahead: 10 Outside of Ordinary Events in Ju

  May is making way for June, and that means it’s time to look at the upcoming month and all of the Outside of Ordinary events to take advantage of in the greater Champaign County area!

• Blog - COVID-19 Activities: Public Art League Sculpture S

  Take on this scavenger hunt featuring Public Art League Sculptures!

• Blog - Pie on the Mind for Pi Day (3/14)

  Pi Day brings to mind one thing here at VCC: delicious, decedent pies! We’ll leave the math to students at Parkland and U of I, because today we’ve got local pie on the brain!