White Cloud Celebrates 150 years ~ 1873-2023

Where will your project take place?

Corner of Williams and Wilcox St. – Downtown, City of White Cloud

Briefly Describe Your Project Idea:

Our project idea is to do a mural including the natural history of our city (train trussell) while incorporating the new image of the city which is a trail for every season. Our artist has sketched up a perfect celebration piece for the City’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Why does your community need this project?

Our community needs this project because our downtown area is very bland. It appears to be mostly concrete with little to no color and this town needs to be revamped, but in a way to celebrate our history as well as the current goals of a trail town.

What do you hope to achieve through this project?

I hope to achieve some faith and hope from this community. No one here has alot of faith that things can turn around and the town can be brought to life again. Instead, they have to drive 15-20 minutes to other small communities to take photos or take pride in their community. We are slowly turning things around here, but it starts with giving them something to be proud of. White Cloud hasn’t taken advantage of many grants or opportunities in the past or they have not came to fruition and I need a little help making this community believe that it can be what we imagine it to be. I plan to start a campaign this summer that will be branded #imagineWC. This would be a great piece to change that culture and imagining what our neighborhoods could look like.