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Clearwater Latino leaders urge protection of East Gateway "Mercado" identity; staff proposes local-artist preference
Summary
Residents and Latino community leaders told the Public Art and Design Advisory Board they want planned East Gateway public art and the Mercado concept to reflect local Hispanic culture. City staff said they will call for artists, ask for a preference for artists of that background and include a community representative on the selection panel.
At a Public Art and Design Advisory Board meeting, Latino community leaders urged the board to preserve the cultural identity of the East Gateway area and the planned Mercado, and city staff described how the public-art process will prioritize community representation. Eliseo Santana, a Clearwater resident who identified himself as president of the local League of United Latin American Citizens council, told the board he and members of the Hispanic community "are concerned that that that area ... was gonna become a, an essential part of our identity" and asked that planned changes not move the…
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