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From YouTube: Groton Beautification Committee 7/22/21
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Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Beautification Committee July 22, 2021. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
https://www.agendasuite.org/iip/groton/file/getfile/55146
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Sure,
let
me
start
out
just
to
say
I
mean
what
they
did
in
westerly
with
the
westerly
polka
tuck,
mural,
bricks
and
and
murals
was
a
huge
event
and
a
huge
undertaking.
It's
something
that
takes
three
or
four
or
five
years
to
organize
and
they
used
the
organization
wall
dogs
which,
if
you
looked
it
up
on
the
web,
the
wall
dogs
pull
from
artists
all
over
the
world.
So
you
know
people
come
in.
They
they
schedule
one
event
a
year.
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People
who
want
to
from
all
over
the
world
come
in,
which
means
you've
got
a
community
event,
because
you've
got
to
house
and
feed
the
people
who
come
in
from
out
of
town,
etc.
So
it's
a
total
community
involvement
kind
of
thing
I
mean
they
set
up.
They
got
involved
with
schools
so
that
they
had
murals
during
the
festival.
They
had
a
five-day
festival.
Now
you
don't
have
to
I'm
just
saying
what
they
did
a
five-day
festival.
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They
had
you
know
food
carts,
they
had
musicians
playing,
they
had
all
sorts
of
things
going
on
all
the
time,
so
it
takes
a
huge
amount
of
organization.
It
takes
corporate
sponsorship.
It
takes
probably
at
least
with
them:
they
you
know.
Initially
they
had
160
000
and
then
it
ended
up
being
over
twice
that,
and
you
know,
as
time
goes
forward
right
now.
Waldorf
wall
dogs
is
booked
to
2025.,
so
I
mean
the
earliest.
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We
could,
if
we
wanted
to
book
them
and
do
it
that
go,
that
route
would
be
2026
which,
if
we
were
going
to
do
that,
would
take
that
amount
of
time
to
raise
the
money
get
the
whole
the
government
local
government
on
board
so
that
they're
backing
it
and
make
a
whole
community
involvement.
You
need
probably
a
couple
hundred
volunteers
for
this
whole
thing,
so
I
want
to
start
with
that.
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It's
very
exciting
and
these
people
are
great,
and
the
people
in
westerly
are
happy
to
sit
down
with
any
of
us
and
walk
us
through
the
whole
process,
etc.
They
have
a
powerpoint
which
is
online,
which
they're
happy
to
give
us
to
adapt
to
presenting
to
our
local.
You
know
government
to
get
behind
it
and
the
purpose
of
it
to
you
know
to
raise
the
profile
of
the
town
to
increase
economic
development,
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
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So
it's
a
great
undertaking,
I'm
not
sure
that
it's
what
we
want
to
do
if
we
want
to
do
something
more
immediate,
so
you
know
we
might
want
to
look
to
this
for
a
long
term
thing
and,
in
the
meantime,
maybe
find
sites
where
we
want
to
get
individual
artists
to
put
up.
You
know
murals,
on
a
few
of
the
places
that
we've
mentioned
before
that
you've
that
you've
cited
as
places
that
really
need
some
improvement.
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I
mean
that
might
be,
might
want
to
do
that
as
a
beginning
and
then
in
the
meantime,
try
to
book
the
wall
dogs
date.
If
we
wanted
to
go
that
route
and
and
as
they
say,
would
have
to
be
a
huge
community
involvement
to
go
that
route,
they
have
a
facebook
page
and
videos
on
the
facebook
page
that
you
could
go
to
if
you
want
to
get
a
better
overall
idea,
idea
of
it
just
put
in
bricks
and
murals
westerly
pocket,
tuck
and
you'll
get
a
bunch
of
videos
there
to
look
at.
Let's
see.
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Yes,
I
mean,
I
think,
wall
dogs,
probably
wall
dogs.
Does
too
you
can
you
can?
You
know
see
more
just
about
the
organization
of
wall
dogs.
You
can
punch
that
in,
but
if
you
go
to,
if
you
go
to
facebook
or
youtube
and
put
in
bricks
and
murals
westerly
pocket,
tuck
you'll
get
more
about
their
festival
and
they're
setting
up
and
and
what
they
did
westerly
pocket.
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Great.
Thank
you.
So
you
know
it
was
a
fabulous.
As
I
say,
participation
they
had
murals,
where
kids
were
doing,
painting
murals
on
the
spot.
They
had
the
schools,
the
teachers,
you
know,
involving
them,
etc,
etc.
I
mean
they
involved
local
businesses
where,
for
instance,
the
the
paint
and
hardware
stores
contributed.
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They're
located
both
in
downtown
westerly
and
polka
dock
and
inside
streets
all
over.
If
you
go,
if
you
go
on
the
youtube
website,
you
can
you
can
see
a
bunch
of
them
a
lot
of
them.
A
lot
of
them
go
off
to
side
streets
so
that
they
have
more
of
an
intimate
settings
and
some
of
them
are
right.
Downtown.
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Oh,
yes,
I
mean
that's
part
of
it
all
it's
I
mean
that's
part
of
what
they
present
in
their
in
their
powerpoint
too.
That
it's
the
theme
is,
is
the
heritage
of
the
place,
so
they
looked
into
all
sorts
of
things.
They
have
the
heritage
of
the
old
railroad
system.
That's
there.
They
even
took
old
old
school
teams
that
used
to
be
around
and
they
would
they
did
like
a
mural
for
them.
They
did.
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They
had
to
do
with
both
the
native
americans
that
are
there
old
old
industries
that
were
there,
the
mills
that
were
there.
So
I
mean
you
can
dig
up.
You
know
all
sorts
of
things,
and
certainly
you
know
streeter
knows
about
all
the
heritage
and
groton,
and
there
are
all
sorts
of
themes
that
you
can
get
there
doesn't
just
have
to
be.
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You
know
submarine
and
whatever
I
mean
that's
one
theme,
but
all
sorts
of
themes,
of
anything
from
the
heritage
in
the
history,
as
well
as
people's
names,
I
mean,
for
instance,
I
forgotten
her
first
name
but
wilcox.
You
know
for
the
wilcox
park
in
in
westerly,
so
you
dig
up
other
names
that
are,
you
know,
part
of
groton
and
and
get
something
about
the
people,
and
then
you
do
a
mural
that
has
to
do
with
with
the
person
and
the
heritage
and
how
something
came
about.
So
I
mean
their.
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Yeah
go
see
them
painting
on
youtube,
it's
wonderful
they're
all
up,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
local
people
who
volunteered
to
help
because
they've
got
stencils
and
all
up
on
the
walls.
You
know
they
don't
have
to
be
all
their
artists
sort
of
form
these
things,
but
then
all
the
community
gets
in
there
and
follows
the
stencils
and
helps
paint
and
all
of
it.
So
it's
it's
a
tremendous
community
activity.
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I
just
as
an
aside
because
I
mentioned
before
and
I
think
eileen
has
followed
up
on
the
artist
the
single
artist
here
in
town,
the
navy
fellow
who
is
very
interested
in
taking
a
you
know,
sort
of
talked
about
and
and
talking
about
talking
to
the
group
about
doing
the
mural
okay.
So
that's
on
a
much
smaller.
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Well,
they
started
off
with
about
160
000,
and
then
they
had
to
raise
a
lot
more,
so
they
ended
up
being
is
around
300
and
something
thousand
dollars.
So
you
know-
and
that
was
a
couple
years
ago,
so
costs
will
be
going
going
up
from
there,
but
you
gotta
have
a
lot
of
things
donated
as
well,
but
you
they
had
corporate
sponsorship.
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It's
it's,
it's
all
part
of
their
right,
their
this
wall,
dogs
and
the
the
bricks
and
mural
organization.
I
mean
they
all
have
that
and
there
there
are
that's
why
we
have
to
sit
down
for
further
details,
but
I
thought
those
are
all
questions
that
we
can
sit
down
and
discuss,
and
I
thought
you
know
bruce
you
might
want
to.
You
know,
go
over
if
we're
going
to
pursue
this.
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Well,
I
think
that
people
did
want
the
murals,
but
there
is
somebody
in
in
westerly,
as
I
said,
this
man,
fred,
perretta
who's,
vice
president
of
the
bricks
and
murals
group,
and
he
encouraged
it
and
you
know,
got
people
interested
in
presented
this
powerpoint
to
the
government
and
got
them
interested
in
in
backing
it,
etc.
So
you
know.
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A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
time
for
me
to
put
you
on
the
spot
just
quickly
about
a
month
or
so
ago,
you
sent
out
an
email
about
the
rotten
arts
and
culture
plan.
Are
you
getting
any
buy-in
from
your
co-workers
on
that?
Oh
so
that
conversation
started
with
this.
I
don't
know
if
anyone
would
follow
southeast
cultural.
A
We
don't
want
to
necessarily
just
designate
mystics
the
arts
district
yeah
who's,
even
a
player
here,
so
my
bosses
and
the
powers
that
they
and
develop
a
committee
that
could
begin
planning.
So
thank
you
bruce
for
volunteering
on
that
committee.
This
is
a
small
committee
right
now.
I've
got
about
four
positive
responses,
so
that
makes
for
the
game
of
art
and
I'm
blanking
on
names
right
now,
because
I'm
new
to
the
sound
I
apologize,
but
avery
cost
house
bruce
the
knowing
arts
collaborative
that
just
hilton
tracy
and.
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B
A
Off
the
river
yeah
right
right
exactly
right,
a
great
to
get
something
started:
money
coming
in
right.
You
said
for
art
how's
that
money
right
now.
We
know
that
you've
got
80
dollars,
so
I'm
not
saying
that's
committed,
but
this
our
department
and
then
lpds
is
going
to
be
sending
out
more
information,
more
information
about
the
federal
money
that
the
cope
is
released,
money
and
asking
every
citizen.
You
know
what
should
we
spend
it
on,
and
I
think
if
this
group
I'll
you
know
have
all
of
you
to
be
like
excuse.
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So
do
you
want
to
have
a
meeting
of
this
committee
to
like
identify
some
places
where
we
can
put
stuff?
I
mean
I
want
to
like
pick
up
a
phone
call
keith
and
say:
hey
we'd
like
to
put
a
mural
on
your
sewer
plant
and
we
really
would
because
that's
that's
a
beautiful
spot
report.
Yeah
it
really.
It's
like
the
boat
is
another
place.
You
know,
that's
when
the
first
look
of
buildings
ever
come
down.
A
Okay,
so
talking
about
finding
an
artist
we
that
started
to
come
up
aline.
Thank
you
so
much
for
sending
out
those
ideas-
and
that's
actually
kind
of
the
next
thing
would
be-
is
what
so
I
don't
know
how
this
progressed.
What's.
The
first
thing
is
the
first
thing
identifying
the
building
all
right
then.
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D
I
agree
bruce,
I
think
that's
that
was
part
of
it.
What
what
they
did
in
westerly
was
they
sought
out
those
ideas,
whether
it
was
the
the
the
the
ancient
sports
teams
or
the
railroad
et
cetera,
et
cetera,
and
they
had
those
particular
themes
so
that
they
were
projecting
the
fact
that
they
wanted
things
that
had
to
do
with
the
heritage
of
the
town.
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And
then
the
artists
would
come
up
with
ideas
and
and
show
them,
and
they
said
sometimes
you
know
they
would
reject
the
idea
and
say
that
it
just
doesn't
seem
like
it
looks
right.
You
know
here
or
the
colors
of
this,
and
that
and
the
artist
would
then
present
them
with
another
alternative
plan.
You
know,
and
they
would
maybe
take
it.
D
So
I
think,
if
you
at
least
start
with
what
ideas
that
you
want
to
be
represented
and
then
approach
the
artists
with
that
and
then
see
what
they
what
they
present
to
you,
and
that
can
be
that
you
can
ask
them
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
boards
or
just
say.
I
don't
think
that
that
you
know
works
for
this
pot
or
whatever,
and
I'm.
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F
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A
A
Interesting
because
that's
what
I
have
been
saying,
we
did
between
nancy
for
donations,
donations
from
thousands
hardware
and
donations
concerning
tin
gardens.
We
got
those
three
printers
now
they're
small,
it's
a
tiny
beginning.
I've
looked
at
them
yesterday.
They
look
way
better
than
the
planners.
I've
worked
on
in
my
own
garden,
they're,
beautiful
they're,
absolutely
beautiful
they're
doing
them.
B
A
Farm
where
the
sunflowers,
the
sunflower
farm
yeah
that
farm
on
the
right
hand,
side
there
is
a
couple
with
loads
of
plants
that
they
are
trying
to
get
rid
of,
and
it's
a
donation
because
they
support
a
school
in
that
water.
The
plants
are
going
by
and
I'm
thinking
this
would
be
fantastic
just
to
rescue
something.
For
now.
You
know
august
september
october,
they'll.
B
A
Which
is
on
my
agenda
for
this
type
of
thing
so
and
thank
you
very
much
and
sharing
those
with
us.
We
need
that
kind
of
information,
so
I
was
gonna
bring
up
as
tabitha
brought
up
earlier.
Wendy
berry
suggested
that
we
that
all
the
towns
ask
for
one
percent
of
the
american
rescue
plan
funds
have
just
shared
rotten.
A
Getting
eight
million
wendy
sent
a
incredible
letter
attached
it
to
the
whip
two,
and
I
believe
I
forward
that
to
everybody
if
you
click
on
those
links
and
her
letter,
which
explains
all
the
benefits
of
arts
and
culture
to
the
community,
including
economics
and
it,
and
so
I
actually
don't
know
if
I
need
to
press,
we
need
to
press
a
specific
letter
to
the
town
asking
for
that
same
thing.
I'm
I'm
not
sure.
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F
Okay,
because
if
I
can
use
that,
with
the
committee's
permission,
I'm
going
to
put
a
resolution
into
the
council
asking
for
two
things:
I'm
going
to
ask
for
that.
We
have
a
budget
and
I'm
going
to
ask
for
them
to
publicize
the
fact
that
donations
can
be
made
to
our
committee
through
the
town
of
groton.
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B
F
A
F
F
Well
I'll
find
out,
because
I
don't
know
what
I'm
going
to
do
is
put
in
writing
a
resolution
asking
for
it
to
be
put
on
the
schedule
once
it's
put
on
the
schedule
for
a
meeting
for
the
town
council
you'll
all
know
because
we'll
want
you
all
there
now
they
only
do
that
once
a
month
where
you
can
come
in
and
talk
so
it'll
be
the
first
of
august.
If
I
get
it
in
now,
we
will
it
would
be
a
oh
what
the
hell
they
call
that
meeting.
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D
B
C
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A
A
F
F
F
A
F
A
A
A
F
A
Oh
right
right,
so
we
have
plenty
of
ideas
with
this
painting
right,
yeah,
okay,
so
so
does
anybody
have
it's
quite
big
to
me
a
timeline.
Does
any
do?
Does
anybody
have
in
their
head
that
they're
thinking,
because
they
have
in
mind
for
a
timeline
no
to
actually
from
today
to
getting
through
all
the
steps
and
then
potentially
having
it.
A
A
A
I
just
really
like
that
spot
I
mean
I
I
agree.
I
mean
the
bridge
market
spot
or
any
place
around
town
hall.
I
I
think
that
was
such
a
good
place
to
start,
and
now
there
there's
a
separate
group
working
on
same
street
because
I
think
rotten
does
just
get
a
little
forgotten
certain
parts
of
it
and
I
think
we
I
would
like
to
encourage
more
pride
in
this
town,
no
matter
where
you
live
in
it
to
have
pride
in
your
town
and
and
feel
good
about
sending
people.
A
A
You
know,
find
things
or
go,
stop
it.
You
know
and
have
an
ice
cream
cone
and
sit
somewhere
and
have
a
nice
view
of
places
you
mean
there's
just.
I
would
love
that
for
all
of
us
to
have
a
little
more
pride,
but
also
the
people
who
work
for
the
town
to
feel
pride
in
where
they
live,
and
all
this
hard
work
that
they're
doing
the
maintenance
of
this
town
and
all
of
its
fun.
E
And
one
last
thing:
if,
if
you
want
to
do
it,
I'm
still
willing
to
donate
that
sculpture,
it's
easy
to
put
up.
All
I
have
to
do
is
take
a
couple
of
eight
by
eights
and
put
them
on
a
lawn
somewhere
so
that
it
can
be
bolted
down,
and
it's
a
big
thing
it
would.
It
would
be.
I
think,
everybody's
seen
this
picture.
If
you
like
the
idea
it's
ours
or
yours,.
B
E
A
Yeah,
this
wouldn't
be
probably
just
get
a
couple.
Things
done
right
at
the
same
time
on
one
is
there
any
place
at?
I
just
want
to
be
able
to
see
it.
You
know,
but
I
think
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
changes
between
constant
park
and
rochester
school.
If
that
ends
up
being
we're
going
to
take
out
a
while
and
pitch.
B
A
A
B
A
Okay,
all
right
so
now
I
need
to.
We
need
to
do
tap
leanne.
Do
you
think
there's
any
way
that
you
can
talk
with
the
athlete
person
again
to
see
if
she
can
like
actually
like
nail
it
down,
makes
her
make
some
type
of
commitments
and
saying
hey,
yes,
positively
show
me,
you
know
probably
they'd
want
to
design,
but
can
we
start
planning
for.
F
A
F
A
E
F
A
A
B
E
D
I
would
suggest
getting
several
of
your
subjects
together,
not
just
presenting
an
artist
with
that
one
subject,
because
that
may
not
be
right
for
that
artist.
So
I
mean
you
should
start
with
the
series
of
various
subjects
that
we
would
like
to
have
represented
in
these
murals
and
then
let
that
artist
decide.
You
know
which
of
that
subject
goes
with
his
style,
painting
or
whatever.
So.
D
A
D
F
F
F
A
A
B
C
F
A
B
A
F
F
A
A
B
E
B
A
E
B
A
So
I
have
a
timeline
here
of
labor
day,
so
I'm
trying
to
give
all
right
all
right,
so
I
think
we're
in
good
shape.
We've
talked
about
where
we
want
to
put
it
the
topic
money
and
I
I
would
love
to
continue
to
chat,
but
I
want
the
meeting
to
actually
be
able
to
come
to
be
adjourned
with,
and
then
we
can
talk
we
don't
have
to
so
we
can
go
off
topic
all
we
want.
C
E
A
A
D
A
B
A
B
A
D
I
mean
I'm
afraid
it's
sort
of
bigger
than
we
were
gonna.
You
know
be
ready
to
chew
immediately.
So
that's
why
I
sort
of
didn't
delve
into
further
details,
but
I
think
it's
something
that
we
should
keep
in
mind
for
some
kind
of
a
larger
future.
You
know
goal
of
doing
some
kind
of
a
big
community
thing
and
more
murals,
etc.
So.