City plans to brighten section of Garden Hills subdivision

CHAMPAIGN – Bill Bland has lived in Garden Hills for 36 years. It's a proud, working-class neighborhood that he's trying to maintain as a good, safe place to live.

Bland, the president of the Garden Hills Neighborhood Association, said he's thrilled that the city council recently approved spending $132,000 to install 17 new streetlights along Hedge Road in Garden Hills.

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