Yearly Archives: 2016

Today, with the help of The Landmarks Society of Greater Utica, MUCC took a trip to Rutger Park to clean 1 Rutger Park,a historic mansion built in 1854. It is a beautiful building with amazing architecture as well as interesting features, like a porcelain-lined fireplace upstairs. Unfortunately, the building has […]

MUCC and the Mansions

25 Jul, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged community / history / Mansions / midtown utica / MUCC / Rutger / Rutger Park / Utica by MUCC_admin

This morning’s weather didn’t bode well for outdoor activities. I stepped out of my front door and was immediately stopped by a downpour. Needless to say, I was worried that the plans for the day were soiled by horrible weather. But as the day went on, the weather cleared up […]

MUCC Visits the Utica Zoo

18 Jul, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged award / community / midtown utica / MUCC / Utica / Utica New York / Utica Zoo / Zoo by MUCC_admin

Today, MUCC joined Mayor Palmieri on one of his weekly cleaning sweeps around Utica. We were picked up by a police bus this morning and taken down James Street to help the mayor clean up the city streets. We went throughout the neighborhood picking up garbage along James and Dudley […]

MUCC with the Mayor

13 Jul, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged cleaning / community / community service / Dudley / James / Mayor / midtown utica / MUCC / palmieri / Utica by MUCC_admin

The walls are lined with old books, Utica Directories dating back to 1817, and other artifacts. A painting of a young woman stares me down. A huge drawing of “A Birdseye View of Utica” from 1895 hangs behind the table of MUCCsters. The well-decorated walls of this basement carry so […]

History around MUCC

11 Jul, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged faxton / genesee / Jewett / midtown utica / MUCC / ochs / oneida / oneida county / oneida county historical society / scott / Utica / utica ny by MUCC_admin

One of the many responsibilities in running something like MUCC is to maintain and clean the building. While it may not be the flashiest of activities, it is important to offer a clean place for the community. Today, Reed and Kath captained a cleaning troupe of MUCCsters who did a […]

Cleanliness is next to MUCCliness

8 Jul, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged cleaning / community / maintenance / midtown utica / MUCC / Utica by MUCC_admin

The sound of shuffling feet can be heard throughout the halls of MUCC as a group of summer youth employees begin an ice-breaker that plays out like musical chairs. The person left standing says something like “who has been to the zoo?” and everyone who has been to the zoo […]

MUCC Welcomes Our Summer Youth Employees

6 Jul, 2016 in Blog Entries by MUCC_admin

Raised-beds day: the day that was supposed to be on Tuesday, was rescheduled to Thursday and happened on Wednesday. While we never knew when it was supposed to happen, we knew what it was. We had to build raised beds for people in the community. Utica has a high amount […]

Raised Beds Day

20 Jun, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged community / gardening / lead / MUCC / raised beds / Utica / utica ny by MUCC_admin

The day started like any other day, with a little bit of chaos. I was supposed to come open MUCC up early, in order to get ready for our MUCC Journeys event, but Chris forgot to give me the keys. So instead of getting ready for the big event, […]

MUCC Journeys (Through the Eyes of our Intern, Ryan)

10 Jun, 2016 in Blog Entries tagged Fundraising / Henna / Journeys / MUCC / NY / running / Toxik / Utica by MUCC_admin