- Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood celebrated 10 new murals added in recent months.
- The $150,000 project highlights Ballpark’s diverse history and heritage.
- Murals foster community pride as Ballpark adapts to changes after the Salt Lake Bees’ departure last year.
SALT LAKE CITY — As a Ballpark resident, Alli VanKleeck jumped at the opportunity when she heard Salt Lake City wanted artists to paint new murals all across her neighborhood.
She and Caroline Kane, who make up the mural artist group Smock and Roll, were selected and soon paired with a local business and worked to design a piece that tells a story of Ballpark’s baseball roots and beyond.
Their piece and nine others emerged over the past few months, which city officials and neighborhood leaders celebrated with a get-together with all the artists Thursday night…