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Council approves staff to work with artist on skate park mural after PACE recommendation
Summary
An artist proposal to paint a mural on the Battle Ground Skate Park dome received a unanimous advisory recommendation from the PACE board and direction from council to have staff work with the artist on implementation; the council emphasized temporary protection during painting and the potential for additional public‑art canvases.
The council directed staff May 5 to work with artist William (Will) Sykes on a mural for the Battle Ground Skate Park after the Parks, Arts, Culture and Events (PACE) advisory board recommended the project.
Rob (deputy city manager) introduced Sykes and said staff views the skate park mural as a demonstration project for a future public‑art program. Sykes told council he proposed a roughly 37‑by‑10‑foot mural on the back of a concrete dome facing the baseball fields, showed sketches and described…
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