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Commission approves mural for New Hampshire parking garage; funding split between grant and parking budget
Summary
The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission unanimously approved a mural by local artist Mona for the north interior wall of the New Hampshire parking garage. The project will be funded with a $5,000 Douglas County Community Foundation grant and $5,000 from the parking department budget; the parking department will prepare and maintain the wall.
The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission on Jan. 8 unanimously approved a proposal to paint a mural on the north interior elevator wall of the New Hampshire parking garage.
The mural will be painted by artist Mona (surname not specified in the meeting) and will be installed on a wall that parking staff estimated is seen by about 90,000 individual trips through the garage. The commission vote was 5-0 in favor.
Commission Chair Daniel B. Smith introduced the item after Brad Harrell, parking manager for the city, said graffiti in downtown garages has imposed recurring costs on the parking enterprise fund. Harrell said the department sought a grant and an artist to make the project more competitive. The city won a $5,000 grant from the Douglas County Community Foundation; the overall prep…
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