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Celina approves Arts & Culture Master Plan A new arts-focused master plan and public art program is making headway in Celina. The gist Celina City Council members unani- mously approved an Arts & Culture Master- plan and public art pilot program during the Sept. 12 meeting. The ve-year master plan is designed to be a strategic guide when planning and making decisions regarding arts and culture in the city, according to meeting documents. Looking back Council approved an agreement with Keen Independent Research to create a draft of the Arts & Culture Master Plan—then called the Fine Arts Master Plan—in September 2022. “It’s been a rewarding process to be involved with all of this,” Strategic Services Manager Anthony Satarino said. “It’s a truly community-driven process.” Community outreach e orts included interviews, a town hall, site visits, a virtual workshop with 700 participants and more. Looking ahead The rst test for the Arts & Culture Master Plan is a new public art selection process, which was also approved Sept. 12. The program’s rst art project has already been selected—a mural for Fire Station No. 3. More details about the mural are expected to be discussed in the future.
Celina native and local business owner Brandon Grumbles submits his application to a city o cial.
COURTESY BRANDON GRUMBLES
One candidate les for open Celina council seat Celina residents may already have their next council member—no election necessary. Brandon Grumbles, a Celina native and local business owner, was the only resident to submit his name for consideration for Celina City Council’s vacant Place 6 seat. Some context Following the resignation of former member
Tony Griggs, council members had already called for a Dec. 9 special election to ll his seat and gave prospective candidates a Sept. 28-Oct. 9 window to add their name to the ballot. As Grumbles was the only candidate to le before the deadline, council is expected to formally cancel the December election and swear him in at a future meeting. Quote of note “I’ve been asked what my personal agenda with Celina is, and honestly it’s to make it a town that my kids and my grandkids are going to want to live in,” Grumbles said. “I want to make it something that they want to come back to.”
Ousley Park master plan includes community garden A new city park will bring art pieces, a dog park and free play spaces to Celina’s downtown area. Celina City Council members discussed updates to the master plan for Ousley Park during an Oct.
details for the approximately 30-acre park have been community driven, said Matthew Milano, a project manager and landscape architect at the engineering consultant rm Freese and Nichols. Here are some of the features that made it to the master plan: • An art walk with two paths • A dog park • A community garden
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The ve-year master plan is designed to be a strategic guide when planning and making decisions regarding arts and culture in the city, according to meeting documents. Many of the
One of the features planned for the new park is a basketball pavilion, according to a meeting presentation.
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