Organizers seek donations for Sacramento farmers market
Organizers seek donations for Sacramento farmers market
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Organizers of an effort to add a mural to the site of a popular Sacramento farmers market are ramping up their efforts to solicit community donations, beginning with an upcoming dinner at Mulvaney’s B&L.
The Aug. 1 dinner, prepared by Patrick Mulvaney, will include four courses with a farm-fresh theme. It costs $75 per person or $750 for a 10-person table, with proceeds benefitting the mural campaign, dubbed Bright Underbelly.
The 70,0000-square-foot mural would add color to the gray cement that dominates a farmers market held Sundays underneath the freeway at Eighth and W streets.
The fundraising dinner is limited to 125 guests, according to Tre Borden, project manager for the mural effort. Tickets were available online, but sold out by Friday afternoon.
Borden is working with Sacramento-based L/C Mural & Design for the project, which would cover the space above the farmers market as well as the 24 columns in the area.
Borden said he’s working closely with Caltrans and the agency selected Bright Underbelly as a pilot program to test the viability of similar efforts throughout the state.
Organizers want to begin painting in September and finish the project by late fall. They are currently looking toward the permit phase, in addition to fundraising. Bright Underbelly’s fundraising goal is at least $150,000.
The project received a $50,000 California Endowment grant, according to Borden, who has been working with foundations and large-scale donors to match that donation. Now, he’s focusing on community donations.
“We’d like to do more things that allow the community to participate directly,” Borden said. Donation information is available on Bright Underbelly’s website.
主辦單位尋求捐款薩克拉門托農貿市場.
Organizers of an effort to add a mural to the site of a popular Sacramento farmers market are ramping up their efforts to solicit community donations, beginning with an upcoming dinner at Mulvaney’s B&L.
The Aug. 1 dinner, prepared by Patrick Mulvaney, will include four courses with a farm-fresh theme. It costs $75 per person or $750 for a 10-person table, with proceeds benefitting the mural campaign, dubbed Bright Underbelly.
The 70,0000-square-foot mural would add color to the gray cement that dominates a farmers market held Sundays underneath the freeway at Eighth and W streets.
The fundraising dinner is limited to 125 guests, according to Tre Borden, project manager for the mural effort. Tickets were available online, but sold out by Friday afternoon.
Borden is working with Sacramento-based L/C Mural & Design for the project, which would cover the space above the farmers market as well as the 24 columns in the area.
Borden said he’s working closely with Caltrans and the agency selected Bright Underbelly as a pilot program to test the viability of similar efforts throughout the state.
Organizers want to begin painting in September and finish the project by late fall. They are currently looking toward the permit phase, in addition to fundraising. Bright Underbelly’s fundraising goal is at least $150,000.
The project received a $50,000 California Endowment grant, according to Borden, who has been working with foundations and large-scale donors to match that donation. Now, he’s focusing on community donations.
“We’d like to do more things that allow the community to participate directly,” Borden said. Donation information is available on Bright Underbelly’s website.
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