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Gainesville leaders hope art project dissuades graffiti at public housing project
Chamber art committee looks to beautiful public housing wall
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The wall buffering public housing along Pearl Nix Parkway in Gainesville will be used as a giant canvas as part of a project sponsored by the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce's Vision 2030 Public Art Committee. - photo by Carlos Galarza
A community group is planning to turn an ugly wall into something beautiful. The wall, which fronts Pearl Nix Parkway and is owned by the city of Gainesville as part of the Gainesville Housing Authority, has periodically been the target of graffiti. Civic and business leader Frank Norton hopes installing a “free range art” project on the wall will dissuade future graffiti tags.