AURORA | The City of Aurora is set to celebrate after accomplished Lakewood-based Yulia Avgustinovich — along with dozens of volunteers — wrapped up the second half of a two-block-long street mural this week, according to a news release.
Aurora will host a dedication for one of the state’s largest murals at noon Sept. 18 at the northeast corner of East 23rd Avenue and Clinton Street in Aurora’s Westerly Creek Village.
The mural paints a picturesque path north to the Stanley Marketplace gates, where the CherryArts Festival at Stanley will be in full swing that day. The public is invited to attend the dedication to enjoy the mural before going to the festival, which officially kicks off today and runs through Sunday. Festival information is available at cherryartsstanley.org. To attend the mural dedication, RSVP on the event Facebook page.
At the dedication, Avgustinovich will join Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan and Aurora City Councilwoman Sally Mounier, along with other elected officials, city staff, project volunteers, neighbors and representatives from the CherryArts Festival at Stanley and the Stanley Marketplace. Hogan will read a proclamation at the event.
The city hired Avgustinovich to develop the design concept, which unites Stanley’s prior historical operations as an ejection seat manufacturer with Aurora’s history and the current growth and redevelopment in the city.
It took more than 300 volunteers, 180 gallons of paint, 150 brushes, 320 gloves and 30 rollers to complete the Clinton Street mural, which extends from Montview Boulevard to 23rd Street.
The city-sponsored street mural project is a result of an ongoing effort among city departments to spur economic revitalization in the Westerly Creek Village area of northwest Aurora through “creative collaboration and inspired thinking,” according to a news release from the city.