Local coverage
Project conversations across Champaign County.
Coverage depends on independent provider availability. Each page below explains useful housing and site context for that community.
Urbana
The construction boom that followed Urbana's 1871 fire established the lot sizes and setbacks that still define much of the city's historic core, laid out for a much earlier era of outdoor living than today's deck and patio expectations.
Local planning notes →Savoy
Savoy's fastest growth came between 2000 and 2024, when it more than doubled in size to become Champaign County's fastest-growing municipality, and that recent construction generally came with larger, more standardized modern lots than the county's older towns.
Local planning notes →Mahomet
Mahomet's original 1832 settlers were drawn to the Sangamon River partly for its timber, and homes near the village's historic riverside core have kept more mature tree cover than open-prairie towns typically do.
Local planning notes →Rantoul
Chanute Field operated from 1917 until its 1993 closure, and much of Rantoul's residential land either predates the base, housed base personnel during its 76 active years, or has been redeveloped from former base property since.
Local planning notes →St. Joseph
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Local planning notes →Tolono
Tolono incorporated in 1865 around an 1856 rail junction, with early housing built for a population largely employed by the railroad rather than farming, which set modest lot sizes typical of a working junction town.
Local planning notes →Monticello
The historic homes along Monticello's State Street and the Allerton estate, developed by the Allerton family beginning in the late 1800s, were built with far more elaborate grounds and outdoor space than a standard Piatt County farmhouse.
Local planning notes →Villa Grove
Villa Grove's original 1887 plat and the 1902-era Frisco division-point rebuild produced two distinct sections of town, each laid out on its own timeline near the Embarras River.
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