City Awarded $25,000 Grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Funds Will Support Capital City Crosswalks Project

September 30, 2021

The City of Tallahassee is proud to announce it is one of 26 cities nationwide to be selected for the current round of Asphalt Art Initiative grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Capital City Crosswalks project in the Greater Bond neighborhood was selected from more than 200 projects submitted by U.S. cities. This grant award provides $25,000 to help implement the project.

“This grant adds another layer of support to the vision the Greater Bond Community has set forth for itself through its Neighborhood First Plan,” Mayor John Dailey said. “I was proud to support it, as arts-driven tactical urbanism projects like this help improve street safety, add vibrancy to visible public spaces and engage residents.”

The Asphalt Art Initiative focuses on art and its ability to transform a city. The program helps cities looking to improve street safety, revitalize public infrastructure and engage residents to integrate visual art into their designs.

With this grant award, the Capital City Crosswalk project will add vibrancy to select areas with high pedestrian traffic in the Bond neighborhood, such as near the newly installed Bond Linear Park and Bond Elementary School. In a partnership with the Council on Culture & Arts, artists will be commissioned to design and install the art. The artwork should reflect the history and significance the neighborhood brings to Tallahassee.

To learn more about the Asphalt Art Initiative, visit asphaltart.bloomberg.org.

This will be the second art-related grant successfully applied for in the last three months to support the Greater Bond community in line with its adopted Neighborhood First Plan. The Council on Culture & Arts, in partnership with the City of Tallahassee and the Greater Bond neighborhood, was recently awarded a Cross-Sector Impact Grant from South Arts in the amount of $15,000. The grant will be combined with $10,000 for neighborhood art that was allocated from the Greater Bond Neighborhood First Plan funding and will be used to implement the Greater Art for Greater Bond neighborhood art project.

Greater Art for Greater Bond is a multifaceted public art project that includes the creation of a mural on Speed’s Grocery Store, a historical building in the neighborhood; an art garden in the recently constructed Bond Linear Park; and street and light post banners featuring the intergenerational art of residents.

Find out more about the Greater Bond Neighborhood First Plan by visiting Talgov.com/NeighborhoodFirst.