Celebrating Community Art: Cherokee Street Mural Wins Reprieve

The first round in the fight to save the Cherokee Street mural was over nearly as quickly as it began. Created on a boarded up storefront at 2643 Cherokee, the stenciled mural was created by well known artist Peat Wollaeger and several other local artists. Originally given permission to remain for the 30 days, the mural went up in time for the SGC International Conference in March.

Recently, it was learned that the mural would be painted over during the regular community clean-up effort known as Operation Brightside, returning the storefront to the flat red board up it had been previously. A handful of Cherokee Street residents and business owners took up the cause to preserve the mural and two days, a flock of Tweets and nearly 700 Facebook page likes later, the mural may just stay.