And the Award Goes to...AURORA!
While the entertainment awards season may have come to an end with the Oscars,
the City of Aurora continues to bring in top notch honors at local, regional, and
national levels. Here are a handful of recognitions so far this year:
Host a block party
this summer
Aurora’s aldermen invite
you to get your neighbors
together and host a block
party this spring or summer!
Block parties are a great way to meet
and get to know your neighbors while
helping to bring the community together.
Neighbors who want to block off a stretch
of roadway to host a get-together this year
can get help from the Alderman’s Office.
Once you and your neighbors have picked
a date, visit www.aurora-il.org/aldermen/
block_parties.php to download and
application or call the Aldermen’s Office
at 630-256-3020 to have one mailed to
you. The electronic version also includes
links to applications for festivals and
special events.
Your alderman can assist with obtaining a
permit and barricades, but you bring the
party. So visit aurora-il.org and click on
Aldermen’s Office to start planning your
block party now!
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Top 10 Safest Mid-Sized Cities in the Country
Movoto Real Estate ranked 100 of the country’s mid-sized cities (cities with
populations between 126,047 and 210,309 residents) in terms of safety. Aurora ranked
in the Top 10 at #8! This ranking is based on FBI crime data from 2013, the latest
available from the agency. It includes incidents of: burglary, theft, vehicle theft, murder, rape,
robbery, and assault. In order to make a fair comparison, Movoto looked at the number of crimes
per year per 100,000 residents, rather than the total number of crimes reported in each city.
Top 10 Water
Innovations in America
Water System Operator
Magazine recognized the City of Aurora
as one of the places improving the water
industry in America! Aurora’s innovative
and environmentally responsible stormwater
management practices, including retention
basins and biofiltration, rain gardens, and
a 6,500-square-foot wetland bioswale, are
definitely improving and “greening” the
nation’s infrastructure, as the blueprint
recommends.
Top in Suburban
Home Sales
Chicago Agent Magazine release its 2013
data and Aurora ranked #1 in single-family
detached home sales with 1,896 sales -200
more than Naperville’s 1,687 home sales and #2 in single-family attached home sales
with 735 sales, second only to Schaumburg’s
777 sales.
Director’s Award for
Water Production
Aurora’s Water Production
Division has received the Director’s
Award from the Partnership for Safe Water.
The division achieved and documented
performance levels in excess of federal
regulations four years in a row (2010-2013)
which led to the honor.
Most Romantic Restaurant
in the Country
Restaurant.com released
its 2014 List of the Top 50
Most Romantic Restaurants in the Nation!
Aurora’s Domo 77 ranks at #2!
Project of The Year
The American Public
Works Association (Chicago Metropolitan
Chapter) named the City of Aurora’ s
RiverEdge Park Music Garden and Blues
Island Restoration as the structural Project of
the Year!
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