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star-24px 2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
Through this grant, volunteers will be organized to help design, build and place ten artistic mosaic benches throughout the historic downtown. The Sharing Our Stories One Bench at a Time program will work with local artists and volunteers of all ages to share local community oriented stories on the benches.

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Installing mosaic tiles for bench.
Installing mosaic tiles for bench.
New artistic bench installed.

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