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Graffiti Abatement: Murals target tagging hotspots

Denver is experimenting with grants to local arts programs to create murals at graffiti hotspots, reports the Denver Post ("Programs give graffiti arts a legitimate outlet," Aug. 13):Aimed at reclaiming graffiti hot spots from taggers, these urban-arts programs are among 12 that have just received grants, ranging from $500 to $7,500, from the Denver Office of Urban Affairs.The program started in 2009, one of the recommendations of the Graffiti Task Force."We looked at where murals were put up, and the radius around them, to see if graffiti increased or decreased," said Regina Huerter, co-coordinator of the Graffiti Task Force and executive director of the Denver Commission on Crime Prevention and Control.There was a noticeable decrease ? enough to spur creation of a program that in 2009 yielded nine projects that attracted 300 kids, about 80 percent of whom stuck with the programs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).