Hi Matt,

Kinston, is a small town, in North Carolina, that is currently commissioning Art to promote economic development and wayfinding in their downtown. Kinston has a population just over 20,000 and they have initiated a very interesting program to promote the Arts in their city.
A couple of years ago, we wrote a SmART Kinston Master plan, for the development of their downtown. Since then, they received an NEA “Our Town Grant,” and they have begun administering our plan.
See SmART Kinston: https://www.smartkinston.com/

I will send you a copy of the SmART Kinston Master Plan by HighTail. It may be helpful to your foundation.

Best,
Vicki
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On Dec 12, 2018, at 7:41 AM, Matthew Henkes <MHenkes@iowawestfoundation.org> wrote:

Hello PAN folks,
 
The Iowa West Foundation is researching good examples of communities that have small-scale downtown art programs. We are especially interested in communities that have sought the creation of delightful or whimsical installations that “fill-in” otherwise dead spaces in downtowns. We work primarily in smaller communities (often less than 70,000).
 
Are there any communities to which you can point us for our research? If it helps, one example of the type of art might be the Strawberry Way street mural in Pittsburgh (https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/strawberry-way-mural-downtowns-newest-public-art-piece-can-walk/).
 
Thanks so much for any ideas and happy holidays!

Matt
 
 
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Matthew Henkes
Vice President of Grants & Initiatives
712-309-3007
 
 

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