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The sandstone monument in East Muskingum Park in Marietta was carved by Gutzon Borglum, the same sculptor tied to history of the Black Hills at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota and Confederate Civil War figures carved into Stone Mountain in Georgia. (Photo by Janelle Patterson)
In times of social distancing, how does a public park project and monument owned by the City of Marietta see public engagement in decision-making?
“This is a more sophisticated version that you see of a lot of the city council meetings where they’re just doing Zoom meetings,” prefaced Kellie Grob, of 1218 Marketing and Communications LLC. “This is a software program that the Ohio Department of Transportation uses that allows the presenters to present and share slides and different things. And then it allows anybody in the public to interact, either through phone, email or chat box.” ....

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