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Advisory committee backs pursuing community mosaic mural; vice chair to take proposal to council
Summary
The Town of Loxahatchee Groves Roadway, Trails and Greenway Advisory Committee discussed a community-funded mosaic mural project, agreed by consensus to have the vice chair gather prices and sizes and present the concept to the town council for approval or funding direction.
The Town of Loxahatchee Groves Roadway, Trails and Greenway Advisory Committee on Feb. 27 discussed a community mosaic mural project and agreed by consensus to have the committee’s vice chair gather more information and present the concept to the town council.
The proposal would use a mosaic-as-mural model in which hundreds of small tiles form a larger image. Participants would buy and paint tiles at an event or at home; proceeds could fund local scholarship or town projects. Committee members suggested high-visibility locations such as near town hall, the town entrance on Okeechobee or Southern Boulevard, the Southern Lawn building or a school wall. No town funding or formal council approval had been committed at the meeting.
The vice chair described the idea as a community-building fundraiser. "I happened across this... I thought it would be a good way to bring the community together," the vice chair said, and said she would obtain size and price details before seeking council consideration.
Committee members reviewed example sizes and capacity listed in vendor literature shown to the committee: individual tile sizes are commonly 8x8, 8x12 and 12x12 inches and vendor materials cited events sized for “up to 300 participants” (about 300 tiles). Members discussed logistics (vendor provides templates and tiles; painted tiles are later assembled) and whether painting would happen at a single event or by individuals at home.
Next steps recorded at the meeting: the vice chair will collect prices, confirm tile and mural dimensions and return the information to the committee and to staff for placement on a future town-council agenda. Committee members emphasized that council approval would be required for any town-provided wall, backboard or funding. The committee reached consensus to pursue information-gathering but did not authorize town expenditure.
The project will move only if the town council indicates support; the committee asked staff to place the vice chair’s supplemental materials and proposed presentation on a council meeting agenda for a formal decision.
