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d Tribune❑Monday, April 3, 1995 o B3 <br /> Make over <br /> proposed ti <br /> BY GILBERT A. CIPRIANO <br /> Tribune Correspondent <br /> NEW CARLISLE — The, <br /> Town Council last week post?. <br /> poned a decision on whether <br /> to support a grant proposal, <br /> for streetscape improve= <br /> ments. The proposal will be, <br /> considered at a special meet-:: <br /> mg Tuesday. <br /> Council Vice President <br /> Charlotte Smith told repre- <br /> sentatives of Historic New: <br /> Carlisle Inc., the group spon- <br /> soring the streetscape`, <br /> project, that the council; <br /> needed more time to study <br /> the request and that Council <br /> President .David Swope; <br /> needed to be present. ! <br /> Swope could not attend last, <br /> Tuesday's meeting because; <br /> of a recent illness. <br /> Kim Dadlow, president or <br /> Historic New Carlisle, pre- <br /> sented the proposal for the: <br /> $156,000 project,which would: <br /> be partly funded by a grant; <br /> from the Indiana Department, <br /> of Transportation. Dadlow: <br /> said the local share would be: <br /> 20 percent of the total cost,or: <br /> $31,200, while InDOT would. <br /> contribute 80 percent, or: <br /> $124,800. <br /> The beautification project: <br /> consists of replacing existing; <br /> street lights between Arch. <br /> and Bray streets with 45 an- <br /> tique-style lights, planting: <br /> four dwarf trees, and install-; <br /> ing tree grates, benches and; <br /> waste receptacles. <br /> Dadlow said the historic: <br /> society plans to raise its: <br /> share of the local cost <br /> through donations and fund <br /> raisers. <br /> "We have received support. <br /> for the grant from the com-. <br /> munity businesses," Dadlow <br /> said. <br /> The historic streetscape; <br /> would complement the his- <br /> toric architecture of the town; <br /> Dadlow added. <br /> Dadlow reminded the <br /> council that the town faces <br /> an April 14 deadline for send- <br /> ing the proposal to the Michi- <br /> ana Area Council of Govern- <br /> ments, which will forward it <br /> to InDOT for review. <br />