Big ideas flow at workshop

More than 400 community members from around the county left their homes, schools and jobs on Friday morning.

For four hours, they filled a huge conference room at the Holiday Inn in Urbana with the hum and buzz of ideas being exchanged, discussions lobbed back and forth and enthusiasm about the future of Champaign County.

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• Sheriff suggests closing old jail and expanding satellite facility
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• Obituaries

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