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Artists, advocates urge Manchester to keep Chien Bastille mural, city set to decide
Summary
Several speakers at the Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting urged the board to preserve a recently completed community mural at Chien Bastille Park, saying removing it would harm youth and adults with disabilities who created it. The mural's future is slated for a later aldermanic vote.
A group of artists, program leaders and participants urged the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen to leave a recently completed mural at Chien Bastille Park in place, saying its removal would wound young people and adults with disabilities who spent six weeks creating it.
Supporters said the mural grew from a paid, six-week internship that brought teens and adults with disabilities together to design and paint a “future without barriers” vision for a park with many low‑income families. “We raised over the course of a year $54,000 for the program,”…
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