Can a brightly decorated bench make a downtown area more attractive?
A group of artists in Lapeer, Michigan says absolutely!
Artist Jim Alt belongs to the group. He has launched something he calls The Bench Warming Project in downtown Lapeer.
Alt says the goal of the project is to give downtown a collection of public artwork that hopefully could help bring people back to the community.
He set a fundraising goal of $1,000 on gofundme.com. So far, the projecthas raised more than $2,100.
Alt and his team of artists have finished 4 benches, and they expect to have a total of 21 benches done by next week or so.
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