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Jane Golden, in final council budget testimony, urges sustained funding for Mural Arts’ workforce and restoration work
Summary
Jane Golden used her last budget testimony to ask Philadelphia City Council for about $1.9 million in FY27 operating support to preserve murals, expand community murals, and sustain restorative‑justice and workforce programs that she said serve returning citizens and young people.
Jane Golden, executive director of the Mural Arts Program, told the Philadelphia City Council Committee of the Whole that this budget hearing would be her final testimony after four decades leading the program and asked council to maintain and increase city support to preserve the program’s work and staff.
Golden described Mural Arts as “a village” of artists, residents, community groups and city agencies that has produced more than 4,000 murals across every council district and runs a slate of programs she framed as public‑safety and workforce investments. She said the restorative‑justice and reentry workforce programs serve at least 70 returning citizens annually and that roughly 80% of program participants move on to jobs, training or education.
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