Champaign County residents fight property assessments

URBANA – Wednesday was the first day that Champaign County residents could file complaints seeking to lower their 2009 real estate assessment.

And business was brisk.

By 4 p.m., 35 complaints had been received at the county board of review office, found in the southeast wing of the Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 E. Washington St.

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