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Volunteers propose 'Arts in Action' to display local work in new law enforcement center
Summary
A volunteer group pitched 'Arts in Action,' a donation-and-loan program to place local artwork and photography inside the new Pender County law enforcement center to humanize the facility and support wellness for officers and visitors; the presentation sought the board’s support to continue planning, not county funding or formal action.
Volunteers and local arts leaders on June 2 asked Pender County commissioners to allow a volunteer-driven program, “Arts in Action,” to place donated or loaned local artwork and photography in the walls of the county’s new law enforcement center when it opens in 2026.
Cynthia Tarrant, who said she serves as a volunteer with a local charitable foundation and on the county parks and recreation advisory board, described the initiative as entirely volunteer-led. She was joined at the podium by Eden Mills,…
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