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Big mural coming to Utica · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Big mural coming to Utica. Written by Tom Collins. This
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Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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Speaker 1: you by Everlett. Utica is forging ahead with painting a
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Speaker 1: big mural fifty nine feet wide and twenty five feet
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Speaker 1: high on the southeast side of the village Hall. Thursday,
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Speaker 1: the Utica Village Board approved twin action items to spur
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Speaker 1: the project. First, the board agreed to reallocate previously awarded
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Speaker 1: Build Illinois Gone grant funding one hundred and fifty thousand
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Speaker 1: dollars from the proposed project to rewater the Illinois and
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Speaker 1: Michigan Canal. Then, the board approved the commission of a
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Speaker 1: hand painted art mural from Westclock Studios Ink in the
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Speaker 1: amount of seventy three thousand, five hundred dollars. Mayor David
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Speaker 1: Stewart said the village still will seek donations to defray
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Speaker 1: the project.