City of Berlin Parks and Recreation Department Print
2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
Project Category
Public Spaces
The City of Berlin will improve outdoor space and stir up the creativity of resident by hosting a bench painting contest. Winning selections will then be placed in a park for all to enjoy.
Project Results
To bring attention to its lesser-known parks, the city hosted a bench decorating contest followed by a scavenger hunt to find the benches. Boy Scouts and high school students in wood-working classes built the six benches, local artists and community groups decorated them.
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