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City of Stuart board approves Matilda’s Building mural and $3,000 CRA matching grant

Community Redevelopment Board, City of Stuart · November 13, 2025
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Summary

The Community Redevelopment Board approved a conditional-use permit for a mural on Matilda’s Building at 15 Southwest Flagler Avenue and authorized a $3,000 matching grant from the CRA. The board added a condition that the artist improve the legibility of the word “Stuart.”

The Community Redevelopment Board of the City of Stuart voted unanimously to approve a minor conditional-use permit for a public mural on the southern wall of the Matilda’s Building, 15 Southwest Flagler Avenue, and to award a $3,000 matching grant toward the project.

Jordan Pinkston, CRA program manager, told the board the application meets the city’s public-art and notice requirements and said the mural — titled “Welcome to Stuart, happiest seaside town” — is proposed at about 18 by 14 feet and will be visible from Confusion Corner and Flagler Avenue. “The application has met both requirements,” Pinkston said, adding that the artist is Cynthia Santos of Chalk and Brush Muraling & Sign Painting and that the property owner will be…

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