(See the"Activities for All Ages"album for more about the event.)

The 2020 AARP Community Challenge grant supported the creation of a mural on an adjacent building.

Older artists from the community mentored volunteers and young artists in planning and painting the mural.

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(The latter is housed on the walls of a pedestrian underpass.

Find it at 128 Elk Street.

Painted in 2019, the mural was the community’s first.

Volunteers paint giant sunflowers on a sidewalk corner

It has inspired additional murals since then.

Volunteers stand in front of the Tee Cotton Bowl mural they helped create

Four people paint a mural on the side of a building constructed out of cinder blocks

An outdoor staircase is painted sky blue, white and bright green, a mural in the background features flowers and a gorilla

A man paints a mural showing two men fighting what looks like a dragon or octopus

Children and a man stand near a mural featuring fruits, vegetables and a bunny