Utica Uptown NY Forward Meeting Moved to Nov. 17; Project Ideas Due Nov. 6

The third public meeting of Utica's Uptown District NY Forward planning committee is now Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, 6 to 8 p.m., in the first-floor rotunda of the Utica Children's Museum, 106 Memorial Parkway. It was set for Oct. 26; the Rome Sentinel and WKTV reported the change. It's free and open to the public, with public comment at the start.

On the agenda: planning updates, the vision and goals for Uptown, findings from the district assessment, how projects will be scored, and a first look at proposed projects.

Have a project idea? The open call for proposals now closes Friday, Nov. 6 (it was Oct. 16). The committee wants projects in the Uptown District, including the Genesee Street commercial strip, that would spark more investment. Forms are online, as a fillable PDF, or on paper at UptownUticaForward.org.

No reason for the date change was given.