A new program by the Clarendon Economic Development Corporation is designed to encourage mural art in the community.
The CEDC board approved guidelines for the Mural Grant Program at its December meeting and posted the guidelines on its website this week.
The purpose of the program is to enhance Clarendon’s appearance, increase employment opportunities in the arts, raise awareness and appreciation of the value of art, create civic pride, reduce blight, and encourage tourism.
Grant recipients can be eligible to receive reimbursement for up to one-half of the mural project cost based on funds available each fiscal year.
The program rules were modeled on a similar program in Amarillo and stipulate that proposed locations for grant-funded murals must be high-traffic areas that are readily visible and must be in the Central Business District or along the US 287 corridor.
Grant recipients must agree to maintain murals for five years, and murals must be a minimum size of 10 feet by seven feet.
For fiscal year 2024, funded grant projects must be completed by August 15, 2024.
Mural grant applications are available online at ClarendonTX.com/CEDC or from the Clarendon Visitor Center.
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