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Carbondale design team seeks artists for Chaco's Park panels and poetry; CPAC to help screen applicants

Carbondale Public Art Commission (CPAC) · January 9, 2026
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Summary

Design team presented a draft RFP for artist collaboration on a new Chaco's Park shade structure and fence panels, asked the Public Art Commission to help recruit and screen applicants, and proposed an RFP timeline contingent on Historic Preservation Commission review.

Design and town staff presented a draft request for proposals seeking artists to help finish graphic panels and poetry elements for the new Chaco's Park, asking the Carbondale Public Art Commission (CPAC) to widen outreach and help screen applicants.

Nicholas DeFrank, a local landscape architect and urban designer with ReLand, said the project expands the original park footprint to include the 4th Street plaza and a section of 4th Street and aims to create a multifunctional downtown town square. "[We were] honored to have this opportunity to really bring Carbondale its first town square," DeFrank said.

DeFrank and town staff described a raised platform shade structure with…

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