Workshop on public art, design and placemaking held in Osceola

The Osceola Main Street Organization hosted Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s (WEDC) spring Main Street Workshop on Public Art, Design, & Placemaking at the Discovery Center. Osceola was one of three statewide locations selected based on the town’s ability to complement local arts activities. The workshop is intended to help invigorate and inspire residents as the community embarks on their Downtown Streetscape Planning process. The workshop brought together a broad spectrum of local business owners, community leaders, arts professionals as well as a public artist, a filmmaker, a few landscape architects, and arts administrators for the day. They helped apply their talent and expertise to envisioning opportunities to incorporate more public art in Osceola.

“I’m so grateful to WEDC for choosing Osceola to hold the public art and placemaking workshop this year. It was a fun and inspirational day,” said Osceola Main Street and Chamber Director, Germaine Ross. “This workshop provided a deeper understanding of the public art planning process and a vision that helps guide our current Downtown Streetscape Planning process. We look forward to including more residents and stakeholders in the future- working together to create an even better place people want to be.”

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