St. Paul Meat Market located on University Ave between Mai Village and Little Szechuan restaurant |
The
focus of the work at this demo site will be on sustained community engagement
by creating a painted plaza/community
space that can used for a variety of activities and events. In addition, the demo site activities will encourage
discussion about removing a building (St. Paul Meat Market) that is currently
on the plaza site, as well as visioning the future plaza/ green social and
community space. Va Meng, the Director
of the Asian Economic Development Association (AEDA) and his HECUA intern Mai
Vang, are spearheading this discussion.
Our event was organized around St. Paul’s Open Streets on
September 15th with a goal to paint a predesigned mural (on the St. Paul Meat Market) and on the adjoining pavement to demarcate the possible plaza. Local artists Kao Lee Thao, was hired to work with AEDA to create the design of the mural and pavement
painting. Community members were invited to help with the
actual painting (think “paint-by-the-numbers”) during Open Streets day. Youth Leadership Members of Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) worked with the artist, Kao Lee Thao to direct the public in the paint the plaza activities and also worked as DJ's for the event.
Community Volunteer |
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