AARP liveable Communites Crosswalk Art
Request for Proposal
Main Street Enid, in partnership with AARP, is seeking submissions for traffic-calming crosswalk art in multiple locations throughout Downtown Enid.
Main Street Enid was recently selected as one of the AARP Community Grant Challenge recipients, focused on enhancing public safety and adding to our community’s quality of life. The purpose of this grant is to add traffic calming elements that increase visibility for people of all ages. Downtown Enid is a Certified Cultural District, and these additions will help support our community’s presence as a leader in the arts.
If you are an artist that is interested in designing and painting one or more crosswalks in Downtown Enid, please click the link below for the RFP document with more information. Due to the parameters of the AARP grant, this project has quick turn around. Submissions are due September 16, 2020 and the final decision will be made by the Main Street Enid Design Committee.
Click here for RFP
Main Street Enid was recently selected as one of the AARP Community Grant Challenge recipients, focused on enhancing public safety and adding to our community’s quality of life. The purpose of this grant is to add traffic calming elements that increase visibility for people of all ages. Downtown Enid is a Certified Cultural District, and these additions will help support our community’s presence as a leader in the arts.
If you are an artist that is interested in designing and painting one or more crosswalks in Downtown Enid, please click the link below for the RFP document with more information. Due to the parameters of the AARP grant, this project has quick turn around. Submissions are due September 16, 2020 and the final decision will be made by the Main Street Enid Design Committee.
Click here for RFP
126 S. Independence at the intersection of Independence and Maine between Enid Brewing Co.
and the Enid Public Library |
301 S. Grand (mid-block) between David Allen Memorial Ballpark and the Stride Bank Center.
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101 N. Grand at the intersection of Grand and Broadway between The Turquoise Boutique and the Garfield County Courthouse.
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301 S. Independence (mid-block) between the Stride Bank Center and the “Cherokee Lot” parking lot.
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About the aarp community grant challenge
Main Street Enid is thrilled to announce we have been selected to receive an AARP Community Challenge grant! We are one of only 184 grantees selected from across all 50 states, Washington D.C, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
With this “quick-action” grant we will implement four crosswalk art projects that will enhance public safety and improve walkability and visibility for all individuals in Downtown Enid.
AARP is a nationwide leader on making neighborhoods, towns, and cities more livable for all residents and we are honored that they see the tangible value this project will bring to our community.
THANK YOU AARP Livable Communities for this incredible opportunity and THANK YOU City of Enid Oklahoma Government for supporting us in these efforts!
With this “quick-action” grant we will implement four crosswalk art projects that will enhance public safety and improve walkability and visibility for all individuals in Downtown Enid.
AARP is a nationwide leader on making neighborhoods, towns, and cities more livable for all residents and we are honored that they see the tangible value this project will bring to our community.
THANK YOU AARP Livable Communities for this incredible opportunity and THANK YOU City of Enid Oklahoma Government for supporting us in these efforts!
