Last summer, the Ellsworth County Economic Development received a $10,000 grant from the Kansas Office of Rural Prosperity and the Kansas Department of Commerce. The matching grant was used to create new murals and public art projects. Ellsworth County Economic Development Executive Director Stacie Schmidt said the funds completed three murals in the City of Ellsworth and one in the City of Holyrood. “Not only does it improve our aesthetics, we also think it draws attention to the businesses hosting those murals,” said Schmidt. “It draws a little bit of a tourist component too. We wanted to make them for an opportunity for photos so tourists will walk the streets of Ellsworth County a little bit.”
Source: Great Bend Post
