[Vision2020] PR - CITY OF MOSCOW CELEBRATES PUBLIC ART IN INFRASTRUCTURE

[Stephanie Kalasz]

Press Release - Public Art in Infrastructure

 

To:      Interested Media

From:  Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor

            206 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho 83843

Telephone: (208) 883-7006; Fax: (208) 883-7018

E-mail: griedner at ci.moscow.id.us

c:         Mayor, City Council, All City Users

Re:      City of Moscow Press Release

Date:   September 15, 2008

 

For Immediate Release:

 

City of Moscow Celebrates Public Art in Infrastructure

 

Moscow, Idaho, September 15, 2008 - Join the City of Moscow in
celebrating an installation of bus shelters that include public art on
September 17, 2008 at 12:30 p.m on the lawn at St. Augustine's Church
6th and Deakin Street.  Remarks will be made by Mayor Nancy Chaney and
University of Idaho President Steven Daley-Laursen.

 

This project was funded by a 2006 federal earmark of $88,000 under the
Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) 5309 Bus and Bus Shelter program
in a joint request with other Idaho transportation providers through the
Community Transportation Association of Idaho (CTAI).  The program
required a 20% match and the City contributed $22,000 toward the
project.  

 

The City worked with Moscow Valley Transit to determine which stops on
the public transit routes had the most boardings and two sites were
chosen on the University of Idaho Campus.  

 

After a 15-month process of becoming an FTA Grantee, the City was able
to procure and construct two bus shelters located at the Wallace Complex
and at St. Augustine's Church.  Land for the Wallace Complex shelter was
provided through an easement from the University of Idaho and the thanks
to the generosity of St. Augustine's church, the land for that shelter
was donated to the City.

 

Brasco International in Detroit Michigan built the shelters to meet the
specifications needed for these sites.  In addition, Brasco was able to
assist in the public art process by providing additional glass panels to
be etched as the shelters were being installed.  Ace Elliot from
Pullman, Washington was the general contractor for the project. 

 

The public art component was achieved by working with a University of
Idaho class Art 322: Graphic Design Studio, led by Delphine
Keim-Campbell.  Designs created by students Dan Stephens and Lenore
MacLeod-Bickley were chosen to be installed on the shelters.  The
designs were applied by Dreamin' Graphics.

 

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Jen Pfiffner

City of Moscow

Assistant to the City Supervisor

206 E Third Street

Moscow, ID 83843

(208) 883-7123

 

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