Toledo city councilwoman's plan to fund mural program

My comment posted to this TT thread:
http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/175873/21Apr2014/Why_are_tax_dollars_needed_to_support_this

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According to the 13abc story, it seems that Toledo's mayor disagrees with this particular funding idea.

[Mayor Collins] says the Toledo Art Commission will get $323,877 this year from the city. He believes the mural money should come from that fund.

The mayor says, “We can’t have two independent art programs going on in the City of Toledo.”

Also from the story:

Rachel Richardson is the founder of Art Corner of Toledo. Her group would get the $15,000 from the city and a matching $15,000 from Lucas County to fund this art work.

I assume that Berkey would qualify for a similar matching program.

Related:

• http://artcornertoledo.com
• Art Corner Toledo Facebook page
• http://www.toledoloveslove.com
• Interesting Toledo.com interview with Rachel Richardson

From the toledowiki.net page:

Art Corner Toledo (ACT) is an agency founded in March of 2010 to promote Toledo as a city populated by artists and activists. ACT creates partnerships between artists and activists to create works of public art to depict local activism and general world changing.

Mission statement from the ACT's Facebook page:

Art Corner Toledo (ACT)'s vision is to create points of progress and growth from sites of public art in blighted or underdeveloped neighborhoods and to engage the community surrounding each mural in its creation by encouraging volunteerism and resource sharing.

Toledo Loves Love Mural - TimeLapse Progress Video - Art Corner Toledo (follow link to view large version of the video)

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