Business View Magazine | February 2020

213 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2020 SANFORD , NORTH CAROL INA enthuses. “It has been such an overwhelming success that there are people lining up to sponsor and pay for murals throughout the town. And now, the county, which has its government building near downtown, has commissioned a mural on their big building and it’s going to be incredible. We have three more murals to commission, this year, and, probably, more to come in later years. And we’ve incorporated more interactive art; we have a ‘Before I Die’ wall, for example in downtown, and now we’re focusing on fixing up some of our alleys with public art, which will include statues and sculptures and not just murals; things that you can interact with. We’re going to do a sculpture that’s a love lock, where you will walk up to this feature and put locks on it that represent your love for someone else. It’s a global initiative and we’re going to be one of the only small towns in the world to have that. “Our citizens have loved it and now there’s a mural trail and public art initiative that features

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