After the project was approved and the dust settled, the advisory committee for the Old Yellowstone District continues to meet and plan.

Last year's efforts for cleaning the area between Poplar Street and downtown resulted in nearly 20 roll-off Dumpsters containing roughly 100,000 pounds of garbage.

An advisory committee, made mostly of business owners from the area, planning and zoning commissioners and city council members, has plans to schedule another clean-up week in November.

"The big concern is that the people who want to and should cleanup might not notice," said Wyoming Automotive owner Paul Meyer. "We did this for one year, and if we can create a legacy that every year before winter we will clean up, that would be great."

This year's cleanup will encompass two weekends, starting Nov. 14 and ending Nov. 24. It also might expand to include the South Poplar Corridor, which runs along Poplar Street from First Street to CY Avenue.

The committee is also looking at new plans for the reconstruction of Yellowstone Highway from David to Spruce streets and a new logo to define the area.

Meyer said members are excited about the prospect of new streets, gutters and sidewalks.

"It's kind of an outgrowth of the downtown district with the round corners on the sidewalks and with parking on Yellowstone," he said. "It gives it a tie with the look we have downtown but different at the same time."

Some of the plans call for reused bricks for crosswalks instead of paint and old-fashioned street lights.

City Council member Guy Padgett is part of the advisory committee and said the city is working to remain in touch with business owners and residents of the area to tell them of any future changes or ideas.

Construction of Yellowstone Highway might begin as early as this spring, Padgett said.

In addition to the street reconstruction and garbage disposal, some Old Yellowstone District business owners wait with bated breath for the outcome of the proposed Natrona County Public Library.

John Huff, owner of Sound and Cellular, Inc. and two other buildings in the area, hopes the voters will pass a $43.25 million, Nov. 4 ballot measure to build the new facility.

"I think it's a great use for the area, I love the idea of putting the library down there and having some green area," he said. "It's a huge step in the right direction."

Huff recently installed new windows and doors in the front of the old, brick apartment building on Yellowstone Highway and is looking forward to a spring completion of the restored Tripeny Motor Company building.

In all of the changes and potential changes, Meyer worries his and others' excitement will be for naught. Hopefully some of the plans come to fruition, he said.

"My worst fear in these beautiful times we are going through is in 20 years we will wake up and haven't done anything vibrant or cool," he said. "There's been a lot of nice updates. You go down the street on a nice day and everyone is sprucing up and doing something."

Contact city reporter Christine Robinson at (307) 266-0639 or christine.robinson@trib.com