Grassroots Push To Save Uptown Normal Buildings

There's a growing number of people in Normal who don't want another town-sponsored development in the Uptown Circle.  Over two thousand people have signed a petition to save a handful of local buildings that are to be torn down to make way for the development.  The petition specifically wants to protect a mural on one of the buildings.  Normal Mayor Chris Koos on Tuesday told the Bloomington Pantagraph that can't happen, and that he's pushing ahead with the development that could cost taxpayers 30 million-dollars or more.