Strong leadership, bold ideas, and a shared responsibility to improve the quality of life for the nearly 8.6 million people who call the greater Chicago region home are a few of the reasons why the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) presents the annual Regional Excellence Awards. CMAP executive director
By Jason Crane The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) presented one of seven Regional Excellence Awards to Fox Valley Developers for their Bloomhaven development, former Copley Hospital in Aurora, and city government of Aurora, at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, April 18. The
Shannon Cameron, executive director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora, is a speaker at Citizens Police Academy of Aurora Alumni meeting at APD headquarters April 11.
Sikh youth gathered outside Aurora City Hall after a special proclamation presentation last week for Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month.
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, April 11, mayor Richard Irvin presented two Aurora wrestlers with the Mayor’s Award of Excellence. State wrestling champions from the Aurora Wrestling Club are Jaylene Dealba and Brandon Monroy. Dealba is a sixth grader from Fred Rodgers Magnet
United States congressman Bill Foster celebrated this Easter weekend in Aurora. Local elected officials and constituents joined the congressman for the grand opening of his new district office on Aurora’s West Side at 2000 W. Galena Boulevard, Suite 303. The new office marks a move from his longtime office on
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council viewed a presentation on the Aurora STEAM Academy at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, April 4. The presentation shared with the Council and community was on the Aurora STEAM Academy (ASA) public-private partnership (P3) to deliver science, technology, engineering, arts,
First Fridays in Aurora will celebrate the start of Spring along with National Poetry Month, Friday, April 7. Here are sites in downtown Aurora which will be in action with events and items to see: The Cotton Seed Creative Exchange, 64 S. River Street, will have a Spring sale plus
By Jason Crane To the relief of many food truck operators in Aurora, the Aurora City Council approved, 11-0, a motion to amend and include the implementation of a location provision to take effect January 1, 2024 for those existing, registered mobile food vendors at the City Council meeting, Tuesday,
The City of Aurora government honored the unity between Greece and America a day before the 202nd anniversary of the Greek Revolution with Greek Independence Day, Sat, March 25. Aurora Greek leaders, including City of Aurora Alderman Ted Mesiacos and City of Aurora Chief of Staff Alex Alexandrou, joined Aurora
The scene is a filled room at the 20th Annual Wine & Chocolate Extravaganza Saturday, March 25 at the Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council viewed a presentation and discussed proposed changes to the mobile food unit ordinance at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, March 21. The Ordinance amending Chapter 25, Article XII entitled “Mobile Food Unit Vendors” of the Code of Ordinances proposes changes
The 27th Annual Blues on the Fox Festival will be back in the Summer with a fresh line-up of blues legends and rising talent playing live on the banks of the Fox River, Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17 at Thomas J. Weisner RiverEdge Park in downtown Aurora. Friday
The family of Deacon Bruce Watermman gathered under the new street sign dedicated in his honor.
March 13, 2023Dear editor; “I Sold my Soul to the Company Store.” That is the title to an old song often sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford. I thought it describes very well our current City Hall government in Aurora. With its rules of loyalty, a specific lingo, and misuse of
This year, Aurora will celebrating five milestones that honor the City’s history and its forward momentum. “We rise through legacy, growth, and community,” will be the theme throughout the year. The Aurora Downtown organization celebrates the following anniversaries. 10 years of First Fridays Aurora has a long tradition of celebrating
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council viewed a brief presentation of a proposal to develop more restaurants within downtown Aurora at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, Mar. 7. The City Council gave consent to the Resolution authorizing approval of a development agreement with Leilani Asian Fusion:
By Al Benson After a three-year hiatus due to COVID 19, Aurora’s GreenFest is back this year. That was the message Thursday, March 2, from Mavis Bates, GreenFest chair and chair, Kane County Board energy and environmental committee. Bates addressed the Aurora Noon Lions Club’s meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran
The Aurora Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Military Museum is honoring the long legacy of women in the United States Armed Forces with the launch of its newest exhibit: Hidden Warriors – The History of Women in the Military. Hidden Warriors showcases the role of women in the U.S.
