The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the City of Orlando is one of 80 "Our Town" grant recipients and will receive $50,000 towards a revitalization project of Loch Haven Park to "further solidify the area as a regional cultural arts destination." These funds will be combined with local matching funds from Commissioner Robert F. Stuart’s District 3 Capital Improvement Fund, Florida Hospital and the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation.
The proposed project includes improving the park design for walkability, fostering marketing collaboration between neighboring cultural institutions, identifying key connections to the new SunRail commuter rail project and designing a small stage and seating area for outdoor events and festivals. Part of the project will also include the installation of two unique public art pieces along the SunRail corridor in close proximity to the park to create greater awareness of the cultural destination.
Through Our Town, the NEA supports creative placemaking projects that help transform communities into lively, beautiful and sustainable places with the arts at their core. The grantee projects will improve quality of life, encourage creative activity, create community identity and a sense of place and help revitalize local economies. All Our Town grant awards were made to partnerships that consisted of a minimum of a not-for-profit organization and a local government entity.
A total of 80 Our Town grants from 317 applications were awarded totaling $4.995 million and reaching 44 states and the District of Columbia.
The proposed project includes improving the park design for walkability, fostering marketing collaboration between neighboring cultural institutions, identifying key connections to the new SunRail commuter rail project and designing a small stage and seating area for outdoor events and festivals. Part of the project will also include the installation of two unique public art pieces along the SunRail corridor in close proximity to the park to create greater awareness of the cultural destination.
Through Our Town, the NEA supports creative placemaking projects that help transform communities into lively, beautiful and sustainable places with the arts at their core. The grantee projects will improve quality of life, encourage creative activity, create community identity and a sense of place and help revitalize local economies. All Our Town grant awards were made to partnerships that consisted of a minimum of a not-for-profit organization and a local government entity.
A total of 80 Our Town grants from 317 applications were awarded totaling $4.995 million and reaching 44 states and the District of Columbia.