The stewards of the Uptown Theatre, 225 S. Ohio Ave., have turned to young sets of eyes for advice on how to bring this old building back to life. Eight interior design students and four instructors from the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago visited the downtown Sedalia building on Saturday to begin tackling their major project for the semester — coming up with updated blueprints, recommendations and estimated budgets for restoration.
“Hopefully what they produce in class is something (Sedalia Downtown Development, Inc.) can take to developers and get them to see past the deterrents and get excited about what it could be,” said teacher’s assistant Jill Tuinier.
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