Ottawa is proposing new $50k in next year's budget for murals as part of Crime Prevention Ottawa -hope does not get cut here too.
Nov 25/09 -Vancouver -Mural and anti-graffiti programs that have been lauded for making Vancouver look better are on the chopping block as the city faces a $60 million budget shortfall. "To see it cut would be a shame," said Marco Cornale, who owns Fratelli's Bakery, which sits next to a wall that had been the target of taggers -- until a mural was painted on it. "It actually changes your perspective of where you're working, because it is a beautiful building," Cornale said. The programs have been credited with a dramatic decrease in tagging throughout the city. Michelle Barile of the Commercial Drive Business Society said that doesn't just improve the esthetics of the community, "but it also helps to keep it safe."
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