By Jason Stone
Twitter: @thestonecave

The Surprise Arts and Cultural Advisory Commission voted to spend up to $6,000 on repairs and restoration to the “We are the Past, Present, and Future of Surprise” mural at Bicentennial Park, 16705 N. Nash St.

Work on the project was targeted three years ago when the commission approved a list of art pieces across the city that needed maintenance.

The mural is on the restroom of the Original Town Site park. It has fading and peeling paint.

Connie Whitlock of WHAM Arts Organization will lead the restoration, which will be joined by Surprise Young Life. Ms. Whitlock told the commission at its March meeting the mural and pillars need touching up and the area needs to be sealed.

She told the commission she hopes to have the project done in April or early May. If not done by then, she said completion would be pushed back to mid-fall.

Jason Stone can be reached at jstone@newszap.com.

Jason Stone
Senior News Editor | Surprise
@thestonecave

jstone@iniusa.com

Meet Jason
Jason Stone joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2019, after a distinguished three decade media career that included stops at the Arizona Republic, iHeart Media/Clear Channel and Beckett Sports Card magazine. He remembers when airports sold newspapers.

Community: He is a big supporter of the Valley's original sports team: The Phoenix Suns.

Education: Northern Arizona University with a BS in broadcast journalism and a minor in sports coaching.

Random Fact: The capital of Nebraska is Lincoln.

Hobbies: Surfing, backgammon and men who aren't afraid to cry.