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Mariposa committee moves to use NEA 'Our Town' grant to update historic-design rules and pilot public art
Summary
The Creative Placemaking Strategy Advisory Committee described plans to use an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to update Mariposa County’s historic Gold Rush design guidelines and run a public‑art capstone project; the capstone has $15,000 budgeted, and the project will test a new approval process with the Historic Sites and Records Preservation Commission.
The Creative Placemaking Strategy Advisory Committee voted to approve meeting minutes and then spent substantial time outlining how it will use an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to modernize historic-design guidance and create a clear process for public art in Mariposa’s historic districts.
Hannah Harrison, staff, said the project—branded in discussion as “Historic Preservation in the Present Tense”—has two parts: updating the county’s Gold Rush-era design guidelines that govern paint, roofing and materials in the design area, and running a public‑art capstone project to test a new approval process. "We kind of see this project…
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