{"id":13115,"date":"2019-04-22T06:51:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T11:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=13115"},"modified":"2022-05-26T08:52:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:52:27","slug":"wheres-your-towns-future-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2019\/04\/wheres-your-towns-future-mural.html","title":{"rendered":"Where’s your town’s future mural?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Historic

I’m not saying you can’t have historical murals. I’m just saying you can have future murals, too. Photo by Becky McCray, from Kingfisher, Oklahoma.<\/p><\/div>\n

Every town needs a future mural, or a series of them.<\/p>\n

Seems like every small town has a history-themed mural, but very few have a future-themed or even modern-style mural.<\/p>\n

Many towns use old photos as displays, including in empty buildings. They do get people talking about what you used to have.\u00a0<\/em>But how are you engaging people in talking about what you will become?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

If every single display depicts your past, what is showing your future?<\/h2>\n

For every historic image, do a one-to-one match with a future image.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We spend enough time reminding people our town has a past. We don’t spend enough time reminding people our town has a future.<\/p>\n

Update: Colfax did a future mural!<\/h2>\n

Colfax, Washington,<\/span> took this idea and now it has a robot mural! It\u2019s kind of a retro future take on American Gothic with robots set in their local landscape.<\/p>\n

\"Mural:

Photo by Sarah McKnight<\/p><\/div>\n

Colfax also has a historic mural, showing the town as it was in the 1880’s. It did look a little lonely, surrounded by a big stretch of blank wall.<\/p>\n

\"Mural

Photo by Becky McCray<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s their update. The blank wall now has a bright colorful design all the way across, framing the existing mural. <\/strong>They say the Palouse region of Washington State is the American Tuscany, full of rolling hills, farm fields and wildflowers. This mural really makes the most of that.<\/p>\n

\"Bright

Photo by Sarah McKnight<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you do a future mural? Send me pics!<\/h2>\n

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