Art Project

One purpose of this project is to help preserve and portray the city's family histories in the visual art form of an artistic mural and instill a sense of pride, as many of the buildings proposed to be included in the mural are those of grandparents and great-grandparents of current residents. Our local Glencoe-Silver Lake Lakeside Elementary School plan for this to become a destination walk for the students, providing a visual of what the city was like for their ancestors. For our aging and senior population this is a much anticipated walk through their own past. We also hope this will ignite wonderful memories and create an opportunity for memory care patients to recount their lives and interact with the staff on a personal basis. Once the mural is in place, its impact on current and future residents will be obtained through personal interactions with residents and visitors when they visit city hall or attend a city function. Council and Committee members as well as city staff will inquire of residents and visitors they encounter if they have seen the mural and if so, do they ?remember any of the past businesses, ?were they ?or their family part of this past history, do they feel the ?city's past history is ?appropriately captured in ?the mural? The hope is that viewing the mural will trigger fond memories and discussions among city residents.