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TIRZ board approves two downtown mural grants; Bayless awarded $7,000 for interactive fence piece
Summary
The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 board approved $7,000 toward an interactive ceramic-and-bead mural by Emily Bayless and separately approved $14,000 for a larger Spanish-style mural at 819 Iturbide, leaving the mural program with planning and coordination tasks for remaining sites and artists.
The Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 board in Laredo approved two separate awards for downtown murals and discussed next steps for remaining sites at its recent meeting in City Hall chambers.
The board voted to approve $7,000 from the 08/02 grant for artist Emily Bayless to complete a “fence” mural installation that combines terracotta tiles and electric-blue ceramic beads on a portion of the wall at 808 Grand Street. The board also approved $14,000 for a Spanish-style mural project at 819 Iturbide, to be funded from the board’s mural allocation.
The mural program manager, Amanda Pineda, described the payment schedule and artist approvals for current projects and noted the program’s $50,000 allocation and prior…
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