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Council backs Nature at the Confluence bird murals with $25,000 hotel‑motel grant
Summary
Presenters from a local Audubon chapter and Nature at the Confluence described a two‑mural public art project and the council approved $25,000 in hotel‑motel funding toward the estimated $25,000 total cost for the murals and associated programming.
Representatives from the Rockford Audubon extension and Nature at the Confluence presented a plan on June 16 to install two large bird murals in South Beloit and requested city support. After the presentation, the City Council approved $25,000 in hotel‑motel tax funds for the project.
Julie Yeran, executive director at Nature at the Confluence, said the organizations have worked more than a year with city staff on site selection and artists. Jennifer Kuroda, who said she is with a Rockford chapter of National Audubon, described the National Audubon Mural Project and the Rockford program’s experience mounting murals, hosting mural walks and drawing…
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