An artistic tribute to local military veterans now adorns an exterior wall at Tallahassee's Gilchrist Elementary School. The dedication ceremony took place the morning of Thursday, Nov. 7.
The area outside City Hall will eventually be quite a bit different: The Knight Creative Communities Institute is getting started on its Bicentennial Park project, which will continue past the capital's bicentennial year.
Read the "Your Turn" by Rueben Stokes. Public spaces can have profound community impact. A thoughtfully designed space can engage residents and visitors, while also improving safety and catalyzing economic activity.
The urban space of brick and greenery that runs alongside Tallahassee City Hall, down the hill from Adams to Duval streets on Jefferson Street, could be reimagined into a "downtown bicentennial park in honor of Tallahassee's 200th anniversary."
