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Community art committee advances Veterans Alley flag project; Economic Development grants $25,000
Summary
Dana updated the committee on plans for a backlit, historical‑sequence flag installation in Veterans Alley, estimated at about $70,000–$75,000; the Economic Development Commission pledged $25,000 and a T‑Mobile Hometown grant decision is pending.
Dana, speaking as the community art committee member, updated Franklin City’s Community Art Committee on the Veterans Alley completion and related public‑art work.
She described a proposed large, backlit flag display that would present a history of the U.S. flag, including a reproduction from 1823, and said the full installation and associated electrical work is estimated at approximately $70,000 to $75,000. "It will be a large flag that will have back lit with red and blue colors," Dana said, adding that the Economic Development Commission has granted $25,000 toward the project and that the committee has applied for a T‑Mobile Hometown grant. "They had a thousand applicants and have 25 grants to give," she said; the T‑Mobile awards were expected to be announced at the end of June.
Dana told the committee the Festival Country board voted to provide funds to allow work to begin so the installation would not miss summer programming tied to the city’s bicentennial observances; she said that, if the Hometown grant is awarded, the committee would return festival funds to Festival Country.
On process, Dana said the project will go to the Board of Works Monday for final approvals on contracts and permits; she asked committee members to be prepared for that step. The committee also discussed a separate mural replacement project; there was no new timeline for the mural work in the transcript.
The committee expressed support for moving forward on Veterans Alley and noted the project’s importance for upcoming events tied to the city’s 250th birthday activities.
Next steps: festival funding already committed by Festival Country to let work start; the committee will seek Board of Works approval and will report back after the T‑Mobile grant decision.
