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    Urban Pathways to Healthy Neighborhoods

    Public art gives a sense of destination, highlights community identity and adds interest to trails. Murals, sculptures and other installations can provide a welcoming environment and create opportunities for public engagement and youth programming. Public art can also serve a dual purpose, as murals in urban trail corridors aid in the abatement of illegal graffiti. Local arts and cultural affairs commissions often provide funding for murals and other public art projects. Public art is also eligible for federal funding through Transportation Enhancements program under the "Landscaping and scenic beautification" activity. http://www.enhancements.org/Factsheets/te_5.pdf

    Many urban trails incorporate public art; following are examples from Chicago, Ill., Washington, D.C., Richmond, Calif., and Cleveland, Ohio.

    Engage community
    Engage local community residents, create partnerships to increase access to resources and support, and identify a group that can take ownership of the project so it has a support system after it's installed.

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    Colorful murals created by local artists, community groups and nearby schools brighten the Met Branch Trail in Washington, D.C.

    Chicago, Ill. — Bloomingdale Trail
    Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail partnered with Chicago Public Art Group to offer a series of hands-on workshops to create a long sitting wall decorated with nature-inspired clay moldings. The installation was part of a larger public art project in Albany Whipple Park along the Bloomingdale Trail. http://www.bloomingdaletrail.org/

    Learn how RTC supported public art on the Bloomingdale Trail and Albany-Whipple Park. http://www.railstotrails.org/resour...omotingTrailUse/mgp/2010_mgp_bloomingdale.pdf

    Consider graffiti-style artwork
    Incorporating graffiti-style artwork can be a great way to engage youth, but be sure to educate local officials and the community about the purpose of the piece and its implementation.

    Richmond, Calif. — Richmond Greenway
    Gompers Garden in Richmond created a graffiti mural and had city permission but was still required to remove it by code enforcement. After going to city council and reaching out to city staff, they were able to reinstall the mural, but a great deal of extra effort was used to paint it twice! Learn more on RTC's TrailBlog. http://community.railstotrails.org/...y-controversy-highlights-important-issue.aspx

    Partner with the local arts community
    Work with street artists and/or the arts community to bring talent, community outreach resources and funding to your project.

    Washington, D.C. — Metropolitan Branch Trail
    A year before a section of the Met Branch Trail was constructed, the DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH http://dcarts.dc.gov/) recognized the importance of locating the city's largest mural near the trail. They commissioned local arts group Albus Cavus http://www.albuscav.us/ to work with other local and well-known street artists, muralists and a nearby youth program to complete the neighborhood and transit-inspired "Edgewood to the Edge of the World." http://www.albuscav.us/edgewood.html

    Since the mural's completion in 2009, the DCCAH has worked with other youth groups and street artists to complete two more large-scale murals. The trail is becoming known as a "walking gallery."

    Case Study: Art and Urban Pathways

    Learn how Cleveland, Ohio's Morgana Run Trail used murals and other public art installations to improve the trail corridor and encourage public engagement.
    http://www.railstotrails.org/ourWor...anpathways/issue-summaries/art-casestudy.html

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