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City Council boost to façade program creates new mural grant; VAC hears implementation details
Summary
Members learned City Council increased the city match for façade improvements to 75%, created a standalone mural grant with roughly $120,000 in the bucket, and set a per-project cap (up to $15,000). Staff described how artists can apply with property-owner sign-off and noted the grant aims to simplify artist-led mural projects downtown.
The Visual Arts Committee was briefed on a recent City Council update to the façade-improvement program that creates a separate mural grant and raises the city’s contribution to eligible façade projects.
Staff said the council approved an increase in the city match, moving from a 50% to a 75% contribution in eligible projects so property or business…
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