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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 officials want to paint a mural,
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  Speaker 1: a big one, on the southeast side of the village hall.
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  Speaker 1: They're fishing for a grant to pay for it. Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: the Utica Village Board authorized Mayor David Stewart to submit
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  Speaker 1: grant applications. If the village raises enough cash, then the
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  Speaker 1: plan is to commission a hand painted mural fifty nine
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  Speaker 1: feet wide and twenty five feet high. We're focusing on
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  Speaker 1: the village of North Utica, Stuart said, describing an amalgam
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  Speaker 1: of images drawn from the village's history. Stuart said he
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  Speaker 1: got a quote of seventy three five hundred dollars and
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  Speaker 1: said a grant would pay for half. The village then
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  Speaker 1: would seek donations to defray the remainder. Separately, the village
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  Speaker 1: isn't ready to give up on the dream of rewatering
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  Speaker 1: the Illinois and Michigan care now, but Stuart acknowledged the
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  Speaker 1: project is proving to be a tough sell with the
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  Speaker 1: federal government. Stuart, who sounded frustrated, said he's been trying
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  Speaker 1: to get the approval of the US Army Corps of Engineers.
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  Speaker 1: One of the obstacles is a false perception that Utica
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  Speaker 1: is trying to make the I in M Canal navigable.
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  Speaker 1: We're trying to get the Corps here for an on
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  Speaker 1: site visit to show them it's a not a navigable
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  Speaker 1: path of water. He said. That's kind of the hold up,
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  Speaker 1: so I don't know which direction we're headed here. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: village officials should watch for workers the week of July twenty. First,
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  Speaker 1: they're looking for lead pipes to be removed later