Utica Village Board

Utica’s mayor hopes to break ground on the Market on Mill, the village’s proposed outdoor retail plaza, right after Memorial Day or early June.

Bean Box Espresso will not be operating in Utica this summer.

Utica is on pace to go out for bids later this month on the Market on Mill, the north-end shopping plaza that will feature portable retail stalls.

Utica soon will commemorate the worst disaster in its history: the 2004 tornado.

Utica is inching closer to breaking ground on the Market on Mill, the village’s outdoor retail plaza.

Want a sneak peek at the Market on Mill, Utica’s forthcoming outdoor retail plaza? The first of the portable retain stalls arrived Monday and is on display outside the village hall.

The Utica Village Board will host a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26.

Outdoor dining will return to Utica starting Mother’s Day weekend.

The Utica Village Board made a significant step toward developing the Market on Mill, approving the purchaes of portable stalls the proposed outdoor retail plaza at the north end of downtown.

Construction begins as soon as spring arrives and Utica officials, with fingers crossed, hope to have the outdoor retail plaza finished by Memorial Day.

Utica’s tax base grew by more than $5 million, giving village officials the attractive options of bringing in extra money, granting tax relief or both.

Utica still hopes to hold an open house on its outdoor retail plaza at the north end of Mill Street and is shooting for November – but no firm date is set.

Utica has made progress toward an outdoor retail plaza north of downtown – the village acquired a key parcel – but it looks as if development won’t begin until spring.

Portable retail stalls are coming to Utica – planned for the block damaged by 2004 tornado – and the village is kicking around ways to beautify the block as a whole.

Utica had allowed residential solar panels, but only on rooftops. Not anymore.