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Hastings council adopts Heartbeat Creative District public art and placemaking plan
Summary
The Hastings City Council voted 8–0 to adopt the Heartbeat Creative District public art and creative placemaking plan, which sets district boundaries, an artist selection and approval process, priority locations (including painted crosswalk pilots), and identifies local and state funding sources tied to a $100,000 state grant application.
The Hastings City Council unanimously adopted the Heartbeat Creative District public art and creative placemaking plan on a vote of 8–0, clearing the way for new murals, sculptures and painted crosswalks in the city’s downtown district.
City planner Amber Batalon and Lily Teeple of the Business Improvement District told the council the plan formalizes boundaries roughly from the railroad to Seventh Street and Burlington to East Side, outlines an artist-selection process (RFQ then RFP), and establishes approval, maintenance and conservation protocols for installations. They said the plan is intended to support a state grant application…
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