City of Aurora honors three Aurora entrepreneurs
As the City of Aurora government honors Hispanic Heritage Month, mayor Richard Irvin recognized three entrepreneurs with the Mayor’s Award of Excellence.
Aurora Celebrates National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by providing free Home Internet Security Course to residents and Virtual Cybersecurity Workshop
City of Aurora government officials are excited to celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month by offering residents a free home internet security course and virtual cybersecurity workshop. The City’s Information Technology Department is collaborating with KnowBe4, the world’s largest internet security awareness training platform, to offer Aurora residents a free home
Aurora City Council considers financial plan for ACCA
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council is considering a Resolution directing officials to proceed with the implementation of Phase I of a 3-phase financial sustainability plan for the Aurora Civic Center Authority (ACCA) in an amount not to exceed $13.8 million. City government of Aurora documents show since the
Aurora City Council considers three new fire stations
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to a proposal for the construction of three new fire stations at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Aug. 20. The Resolution authorizes the director of the Purchasing Department to execute an agreement with Leopardo Construction, Inc.
Find common bond in conversations
At a time when things are often divided, let us all come together to find a common bond through Crucial Conversations For Community Action. The City of Aurora government will be host to a workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, July 15, Aurora City Hall, 44 East Downer
Chicago blues artists immortalized in Aurora mural
Those soaking up sun in downtown Aurora can enjoy a visual treat along Broadway or Water Street, portraits inspired by the Leland Bluebird Recording Sessions between 1937 and 1938.
Mayor of Aurora thankful for veterans, disgusted with U. S. Census Bureau
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, expressed disgust with the U. S. Census Bureau, at the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, May 21. Mayor Irvin made the following statement about the U.S. Census Bureau population estimates: “The most recent population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are
Honors for Aurora’s Brian Moreno: He saved another life
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, May 7 honored a young City staff member for his quick-thinking, calm, heroic, actions, for a second time this year. Community Engagement specialist for the City of Aurora, Brian Moreno, 27, went into
Aurora names Wilson Volunteer of the Year
April is National Volunteer Month and the City of Aurora named its 2024 Volunteer of the Year. Aurora mayor Richard Irvin and the Aurora City Council surprised Aurora resident Curtis Wilson with the first Volunteer of the Year award in more than 15 years. “He is the personification of selfless
Applications for next Aurora Poet Laureate
April is national poetry month, and applications are open for the next Aurora Poet Laureate and the first Aurora Youth Poet Laureate. Established in 2020, the Aurora Poet Laureate celebrates the heritage, uniqueness, diversity, and achievements of the City of Aurora through the art and appreciation of poetry. Selected for
‘How to do Business with Aurora’
The City of Aurora government’s Purchasing Division will hold ‘”How to do Business with Aurora,” a free workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 7, at City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place in Aurora. Individual vendors and small to large vendors are invited. Topics will include: —Al Benson
Free Empowering Senior Against Scams
The City of Aurora government is collaborating with the FBI to host the ‘Empowering Seniors Against Scams’ Workshop on National Senior Fraud Awareness Day at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 15.It will take place at two locations: Senior Services Associates, 2111 Plum Street and Bardwell Residences, 301 Weston Avenue, both in
Mayor of Aurora presents LaDonna Carr MVP
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin presented LaDonna Carr, director of the City’s Training and Development Department with the MVP Award at the Aurora City Council meeting, April 9, in the recently-renovated Council Chambers. Carr received the award for the selfless work she does in the community, including
Aurora Ramadan Proclamation and Muslim Invocation
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, was joined by Aurora area Muslim leaders to mark the holy month of Ramadan at the City Council meeting, Tuesday, March 12. Muslims gathered the third night of the Holy Month of Ramadan to receive the City’s proclamation before breaking their nightly
ShamRock in Aurora March 17
Let’s ShamROCK THE BLOCK during the 2nd annual Daniel D. Dolan St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Flag Raising Ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 17. The parade will step off at the corner of Water Street and Downer Place, head west on Downer, and end at Downer and Stolp
Tom Skilling presented Aurora’s Key to the City, next parade grand marshal
Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin presents the key to the City of Aurora to iconic WGN television meteorologist Tom Skilling at his farewell ceremony at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago.
Aurora African-American Heritage Advisory Board honored
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin honored members of the Aurora African-American Heritage Advisory Board at the City Council meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 27. Mayor Irvin praised the Board for its efforts with the recent 18th annual heritage dinner. “That was the most well-attended event we’ve ever had in
Smart Cities new exhibit in Aurora
The City government of Aurora and Nicor Gas announced recently the unveiling of a new educational exhibit on Smart Cities on the first floor of the Development Services Building at City Hall in Aurora. The ribbon-cutting for the new exhibit took place February 14 last week. The exhibit tells the
Courageous young cancer patient in Aurora
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council honored a young cancer patient at the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 6. A press release from the City stated Abigail Ayala, 12, was diagnosed with a Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, an aggressive sarcoma, February 7, 2023, She has spent
Aurora City Council presents Mayor’s Award
By Jason Crane In the first Aurora City Council meeting of 2024, Ward 5 alderman Carl Franco, mayor-pro-tem, presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence Tuesday, Jan. 9, to city of Aurora government staff members Ruthy Harris and Roseann Hernandez in honor of awards they recently achieved. Aurora’s Property Standards Division