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Resident urges removal of signs for 'Erie Canal Village,' says property is defunct and misleading
Summary
At the Aug. 13 Rome Common Council meeting a resident asked the city to remove signs identifying the former Erie Canal Village, saying the site is defunct, many buildings are condemned and the property is being misrepresented to visitors.
Bobby O’Brien told the Rome Common Council on Aug. 13 that the city should remove roadway signage and other posted references to the former Erie Canal Village because, he said, the property is defunct and its current state misleads visitors.
O’Brien told the council the site was renamed ‘‘Empire State Heritage Park’’ around 2015 and that its registered name has been…
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