Norwich – As city adults debate the future of the long-vacant former Reid & Hughes building on Main Street, local youth are planning to dress up the building’s storefront windows.

Participants in the Junior Art Makers program at the nonprofit Our Piece of the Pie agency will unveil an 8-by-5-foot colorful mural at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Reid & Hughes building, 290 Main St., Norwich.

The Junior Arts Makers program allows youth ages 14 to 18 to create arts and crafts and learn to market their products and services in the community.

The new mural depicts a human face on a globe of the Earth, with the sun, other planets and stars in the background.

Program Creative Arts instructor Sherrie Parenteau said the local youths selected the design, which represents the concept that “"we are all children of this Earth, and we are responsible for its care.”

The city owns the Reid & Hughes building, and city officials recently rejected one development proposal for the building. Officials will review the condition of the building and decide future steps at upcoming City Council meetings.