{"id":6215,"date":"2024-06-24T14:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T14:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2024-06-24T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:00:55","slug":"downtown-mural-gets-new-life-thanks-to-local-high-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/06\/24\/downtown-mural-gets-new-life-thanks-to-local-high-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown mural gets new life thanks to local high schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Pam Smith is no stranger to downtown Troy murals, especially the one that is painted on the side of BlueKey Properties’ building on South Three Notch street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I originally painted the murals that you see here,” Pam Smith told TrojanVision. “We painted the first one in 1996 and ’97 and ’98.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Smith, a retired Charles Henderson teacher with 40 years under her belt, has brought groups of students to the Downtown area to paint murals. This one, though, is special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was one of the first murals that we painted downtown Troy,” Smith said. “Back in the early to late 90’s a lot of the buildings downtown Troy area were boarded up, not being used. Downtown was going downhill, unfortunately. So I met with a lot of people in the city of TROY and asked if we could start by doing some murals to kind of inspire people to want to redo downtown.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mural highlights Troy’s rural areas and historic sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We tried to bring in some of the buildings from the Pioneer Museum. We decided to do the cotton field and old cabins.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students from Charles Henderson High School and Pike Liberal Arts spent several days completing the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I want to contribute to downtown and make it look better,” said student Riley Burkett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think it is really special because we get to make a difference in the scenery around Troy ,” student Garrett Whitaker told TrojanVision. “I have lived here my whole life so I like to make people smile whenever they drive by it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just thought it was a good opportunity, once in a lifetime and painting is fun,” student Yaley Mclendon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the mural is complete, passerby are encouraged to stop by and enjoy the view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Pam Smith is no stranger to downtown Troy murals, especially the one that is painted on the side of BlueKey Properties’ building on South Three Notch street.<\/p>\n

“I originally painted the murals that you see here,” Pam Smith told TrojanVision. “We painted the first one in 1996 and ’97 and ’98.”<\/p>\n

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