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Mechanics and Watershed Council asks committee to hold mural grant funds as site changes

Seaside Tourism & Main Street Committee · March 19, 2026
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Mechanics and Watershed Council co-director Sarah Walker told the committee the Gilbert Building sale left the proposed mural site uncertain; the group asked the committee to hold pending funds, consider movable-panel installations or alternate downtown locations, and staff will clarify fiscal-year grant rules.

Sarah Walker, co-director of the Mechanics and Watershed Council, told the Seaside Tourism & Main Street Committee that the proposed location for a downtown muralthe Gilbert Buildingis now in question after the property went under contract, and that written permission the group had obtained from the prior owner may no longer apply. "Were in a little bit of a holding pattern because of that," Walker said, adding that the group had been preparing to solicit an artist but could…

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