Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Board of Commissioners - District 6
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All Commission Districts
To Allocate an Amount Not to Exceed $59,580.00 to Compassionate Atlanta to Coordinate a Living Sculpture on the Stone Mountain Trail and Coordinate Community Workshops and Programs, Ultimately Implementing a Compassionate Corridor from Clarkston to Scottdale
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Information Contact: Commissioner Edward C. "Ted" Terry
Phone Number: 404-371-4909
PURPOSE:
To Allocate an Amount Not to Exceed $59,580 to Compassionate Atlanta to Coordinate a Living Sculpture on the Stone Mountain Trail and Coordinate Community Workshops and Programs, Ultimately Implementing a Compassionate Corridor from Clarkston to Scottdale
NEED/IMPACT:
The Compassionate Corridor will link two art installations the Heart of Mother Earth, located in Clarkston, Georgia, and the Lungs of Mother Earth, proposed to be built in Scottdale. This funding will go towards the creation of the Lungs of Mother Earth to compliment the eight-foot-tall, 400 pound anatomical shaped heart sculpture that is the Heart of Mother Earth. Both sculptures will be along the Stone Mountain Trail connecting Scottdale to Clarkston through a Compassion Corridor that will spark curiosity, environmental awareness, encourage community involvement, and provide living art to DeKalb County. Additionally, this funding will go towards the supplies needed to build the art, payment to the artist for their time, incorporating a meadow around the sculpture, signage, community workshops to bring about awareness and environmental education, social media storytelling, and additional community art opportunities with Posts for Peace and Justice and No More Liddering, incorporating recycled materials. This Compassion Corridor project is a visionary environmental art and community engagement initiative designed to connect the cities of C...
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