The new “interactive map” mural to go on the underpass by Transformation Park, which will better connect downtown Amarillo to Sixth Street, moved forward with the first reading passed by the Amarillo City Council at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
During the March 24 presentation, Shawn Kennedy, executive director of Blank Spaces, said they had already completed 125 murals in Amarillo and paid $108,000 to area students.
“This will be the largest mural in the Texas Panhandle,” Kennedy told the council. He added that the traffic count was 6,282 of average daily vehicles traveling the area where they plan to place the mural, which is estimated to be around more than 400 feet in total size…