Art Alive

Where will your project take place?

Grand Ledge

Briefly Describe Your Project Idea:

The Downtown Development Authority plans to work with the City of Grand Ledge and the Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce to have a mural painted on a building on the main street of downtown Grand Ledge. This is a highly visible building that overlooks a little pocket park.

Why does your community need this project?

The building needs to be lightened up, brightened up and given a fresh look. We have been talking about doing a mural with the city and the building owner since pre-covid. This building faces a pocket park called Bridge Street Plaza. The one side of the park has a “Greetings from Grand Ledge” mural that the chamber completed in 2021. Adding art to the other side will balance out the park and make it a more cohesive space for the community and visitors alike.

What do you hope to achieve through this project?

We have tentatively created the term “Art Alive” for this project. We would like to have various colors, shapes and sizes of flowers painted on a building with the message that we are all diverse but equally important. This will promote our community as welcoming along with the building having some color and vibrancy to it.