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Ithaca Commons renovation complete

WRVO | By Solvejg Wastvedt
Published September 5, 2015 at 6:09 AM EDT
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Residents and business owners joined a two-day festival to celebrate the reopening of the Ithaca Commons.
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The renovated Commons includes outdoor seating areas, a stage and a playground.
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A red ribbon stretched the length of the Commons prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony that opened the festivities.
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The Ithaca Commons pedestrian mall is open again after a facelift that took more than two years to complete.

A two-day festival marked the occasion last weekend, and residents and tourists joined Commons business owners to celebrate. WSKG’s Solvejg Wastvedt sent this audio postcard, beginning with the ceremonial ribbon-cutting.
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Solvejg Wastvedt
Solvejg Wastvedt grew up in western Pennsylvania and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Over the summer, she served in Los Angeles as an intern on NPR's National Desk. Plus, before coming to Upstate New York, Solvejg worked at the Minneapolis community radio station KFAI. When she isn't reporting the news, Solvejg enjoys running and exploring hiking trails.
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