Improving Safety Through Art with $1M Grant

By Mike McCormick

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. —Spartanburg is among four winners of a $1 million grant for a public art project.

The money is from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.

More than 230 cities applied. The other winners are Gary, Indiana, a three-city collaborative in Upstate New York and Los Angeles.

“We just won $1 million,” Spartanburg Mayor Junie White shouted during the city’s announcement at the Chapman Cultural Center.

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