What: Ben Franklin Transit's "Show Us Your City, A Transit Tapestry" program, which would wrap one bus per member city in local art, funded by a National Endowment for the Arts grant.
Where it stands: Presented to the Council on November 3 as an information item; no vote and no city funds requested.
Next: A request for proposals was to be released that week, an artist selected over about two months, then design work with city staff, production in spring and a public launch in late spring or early summer 2027.
Details
The goal is one artist per city, ideally local, who works with city staff on themes that represent Richland.
Members asked whether the arts commission could collaborate, and about bus stop shelters; the agency said bus stop funding is separate and new stops are planned along the couplet.