Downtown Design Review Board
The Downtown Design Review Board is a seven (7) member board, which consists of a Planning Commission representative and six (6) members appointed by the Mayor to serve a term of two (2) years.
The Downtown Design Review Board meets the fourth Monday of every month at 7:00PM in the Municipal Building Fire Training Room when there is an application to be heard and is charged with considering and deciding upon the appropriateness of work to be performed within the City Center Heritage Overlay District.
Downtown Design Review Board reviews and acts upon applications made for exterior changes, landscaping, signs and demolition of buildings in the downtown area.
Members:
Carolyn Carr, Vice Chair; Pat Thackery; Anne Mayer, Planning Commission Rep; Pam Smith, Chair; Ken Koch; Barbara Bailes; Joni Kaplan
Urbana is conveniently nestled in Champaign County in the heart of west central Ohio.
- Incorporated in 1868
- Approximately 6.8 square miles
- Population 11,793 as of 2010 census
- Home to Urbana University, a liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1500 and a 128-acre campus
- Two national residential historic districts and multiple single sites on the registry
- According to the Ohio Historical Society, in 1840 during the VanBuren-Harrison contest, downtown Urbana was the site for a national Whig convention dinner. Hanging nearby was a banner with the words "The People is Oll Korrect." This helped to perpetuate the national trend of using "OK," not only as a show of political support, but as a common phrase used today. (more)