Ten at the Top (TATT) recently announced the finalists for the first-ever Hughes Investments Elevate Upstate Community Vibrancy Grants.
The finalists were chosen from 30 applications submitted for the two grants available in 2013. Two recipients each year will receive $5,000 to support a new vibrancy initiative in the Upstate, funded by $10,000 per year over the next five years, which will be contributed by Hughes Investments.
The finalists are: the City of Anderson for transforming utility and traffic signal boxes and crosswalks into public art based around the book “Little Wren Lost and the Teakettle Call”; the Town of Calhoun Falls for the lighting project in the Blue Hole Recreational Area on Lake Russell; Greenville County Parks, Recreation and Tourism for the Swamp Rabbit Trail Mural project; City of Greer Parks and Recreation for “Greer: An International Destination Festival,” a proposed one-day event in downtown Greer as part of Upstate International Month; and the Blue Ridge Arts Council for the “3 Part Public Art” project, which includes murals, custom and hand-built street furniture and interactive sculptures in downtown Seneca.
The five finalists will provide a brief overview of their initiatives at the Our Upstate Vision/TATT Forum on Nov. 19 from 3-5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in Greenville. The two 2013 recipients will be announced at the forum, which is free and open to public.
