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For Immediate Release: December 16, 2005 Contact: Christine Eubanks Phone: (972) 941-7740 Plano’s Veterans Memorial Art Project Hosts First Community Input Meeting A community input meeting for the design of a Veterans Memorial in the City of Plano will occur Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 7 p.m. at the Courtyard Theater, 1509 Avenue H. Plano residents, including veterans groups, are invited to attend and provide input for the direction and design of the memorial. The project architect, Art Selection Panel members, Public Art Committee, Parks and Recreation Department and possibly Plano City Councilmembers will be present to hear and consider public input. This is the first in a series of community input meetings for this project. This public art project will be in Plano’s Memorial Park on the southwest corner of Spring Creek Parkway and Custer Road. The Plano City Council has allocated $40,000 for the design and creation of an art element of the memorial. A roster-based call will be issued to area artists for design submissions. The Art Selection Panel will review the submissions and, with further community input, make a recommendation to the Public Art Committee for approval. Subsequently it will be considered by the Park and Recreation Board and the City Council for final approval. The selected artist will work with the landscape architect, Michael Kendall of Kendall Landscape Architecture, to design the art element in the park.