MAIN STREET PROJECT

July 2006

July brings formality to all the events surronding the Main Street Project. The work that began on June 28th will only intensify throughout the next few months.

The biggest news around the MSP in July is the July 8th Groundbreaking Ceremony from 9am-5pm all along Main Street!

The groundbreaking ceremony will celebrate the 15 years of civilian committment to revitalizing Main Street with free ice cream, live music, art, speeches, and community dig

While the event lasts all day there are two phases two it. First, everyone is encouraged to participate in the Community Art Crawl. Created by MSP volunteers, Q. Cassetti and Paula Horrigan, the art crawl allows registered participants to artisitically caputre Main St. before construction gives it a new look.

To participate in the art crawl all that one needs to do is register on the Village Office Porch on the 8th from 9am-5pm. At registration, participants will get a sketch pad and drawing untensil and then be encouraged to go up and down Main St. recording their favorite places in their own hand.

Art crawl participants will be asked if they wish to have their work displayed later during the day and over the sourse of the summer as part of MSP events. This is up to the artists themselves.

While artists roam Main St., MSP volunteers will begin preparing for the 3:00pm groundbreakin ceremony in front of the Tompkins Trust Company bank office on Main St.

The Village DPW has leant the MSP its backhoe which will be decorated in honor of its role in the ceremonial dig. The DPW also plans to narrow the street in front of the bank to the new dimensions stated in the plans.

There will be live music from 3:00pm to 4:00pm and then at 4:00pm MSP volunteers and representatives from Cayuga Creamery will hand out free ice cream! 4:00pm also marks the beginning of our speakers series.

Speakers include former-Tompkins County representative, Marty Luster, Trumansburg Chamber of Commerce/Tompkins Trust Company representative, Tracy Vanderzee, C&S Engineers representative, Greg Fehrman, and Paula Horrigan, a member of the MSP Advisory Committee.

After the speakers are done, the backhoe will come to life and take the first swipe at the ground! After that, audience members are encourages to come and help dig up the groud. So remember to bring a shovel!

As always, please make sure to keep checking out the website and all MSP communication pathways for the latest updates.