Urbana IL apartments for rent
Urbana IL apartments for rent can be found quickly and easily here online. If you’re a student at the University of Illinois looking for a place to share with roommates or if you’re a professor looking for a spacious family-friendly apartment, you can find a variety of options to choose from. Get started now by entering your requirements for size, cost, area of town and amenities, then start narrowing down the list of Urbana IL apartments for rent that meet your needs.
With the help of four beautiful seasons, a richly diverse population, a Big Ten University, and vibrant arts and entertainment scene Urbana offers a variety of services, recreation, and culture.
Arts and Culture – Urbana is home to the Station Theater, Cinema Gallery, the Middle Room gallery, and Griggs Street Potters. Every year, downtown galleries and businesses open their doors to a community-wide Boneyard Arts Festival.
The City of Urbana has established a Public Arts Program to promote and facilitate the development and expansion of public arts in Urbana.
Special Events and Festivals – Historic Downtown Urbana is home to the annual Sweetcorn Festival, Street Theater Festival, Boneyard Arts Festival, Beer and Chili Cook Off, and Historic Main Street Walking Tour. The Farmer’s Market or Market at the Square in downtown Urbana every Saturday from mid-May through mid-November, with over 130 vendors offering homegrown produce, flowers, plants, homemade baked goods, handmade arts & crafts!
That’s Entertainment – Unique variety of music and entertainment venues including the Canopy Club, Iron Post, Station Theater, Urbana Independent Media Center, Rosebowl, Embassy, Crane Alley, Bunny’s Tavern, and more!
Fine Dining – Urbana has some of the finest, award-winning, owner-operated restaurants in downstate Illinois including Kennedy’s, Courier Cafe, Milo’s, Miko, Silvercreek, and Timpone’s.
The Urbana School District 116 – has 11 first-rate schools, as well as a comprehensive adult education program. An innovative school district, Urbana offers special services, gifted programs, vocational training, college prep curriculum and more. The small class sizes help promote individual growth and achievement!
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – This world-class institution boasts 10 programs ranked among the top 10 in the country, including the engineering program. The University is also recognized as one of the top universities in the world offering over 150 fields of study for its 36,000 students. Urbana has alot of apartments and apartment communities that cater to the University of Illinois students. We list many of them here with photos, floorplans and amenties.
Award-winning, Large Libraries – The Urbana Free Library founded in 1874, is ranked among the top one percent of American public libraries both statewide and nationally for the fourth time. The University of Illinois Library is the the largest public university library in the world with over 10 million volumes.
The Urbana Park District – formed in 1907, when it acquired Crystal Lake Park. Today the district has grown to 22 parks and seven facilities, including a community center, an indoor miniature golf course, an outdoor pool in a beautiful wooded setting, a new Indoor Aquatic Center and a Dog Park, where dogs run free without a leash. The parks are beautifully landscaped with pedestrian and bicycle trails, playground equipment, ball fields and more.
Great Golfing – Urbana is home to Stone Creek Golf Course, central Illinois’ premier golfing facility and the Urbana Golf and Country Club.
Easy to get Around – Urbana is truly a walk-able community with a high number of bicycle commuters, and one of the best transit systems in the nation. As a result, Urbana’s “rush hour” is locally referred to as “rush minute.”
Small Town Friendliness – Urbana has low crime, great neighborhoods, and a number of locally owned businesses.
Trees, Trees and More Trees! – National recognition as “Tree City USA” since 1976, with over 100,000 trees!