The Fayette County Cultural Trust recently won a state award for the three murals painted on a building in Connellsville.
The Pennsylvania Downtown Center announced the winners for their 2020 Townie Awards, and in the category of âPublic Space Improvement,â Downtown Connellsville, an initiative of Fayette County Cultural Trust, won for âConnellsville Public Art â Leading the Wayâ.
Daniel Cocks, the executive director of the Fayette County Cultural Trust, said theyâve been looking to have a public art mural on three sides of the Italian Social Club along Crawford Avenue in the city.
âThe building is in a great location for public art because itâs only a block from the Great Allegheny Passage and right on Crawford Avenue, which sees an average of 8,000 cars daily,â Cocks said. He noted the trust was also looking for ways to tie in the bike trail to the cityâs downtown area to get trail users to explore the downtown and travel over th