Mural Painting in the Bend

photo by Jane Johns Tara Goreau looks over a portion of a mural at a painting party at the Greensboro Bend Park on August 3. Goreau’s murals are familiar to many area residents as they decorate the Galaxy Bookshop and the parking lot across Mill Street from the Buffalo Mountain Market in Hardwick.

photo by Jane Johns A portion of the mural highlighting Greensboro Bend and its history features the town’s depot, now beside the Lamoille Vallley Rail Trail, across from the trailhead parking where the mural will be installed in mid-September. Tara Goreau designed the mural, highlighting Greensboro Bend and its history, to be placed at the new Lamoille Valley Rail Trail in mid-September.

photo by Naomi Ranz-Schleifer A party at the Greensboro Bend Park on August 3 featured opportunities to help paint a mural that will decorate the trailhead for Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, listen to live music by the Radio Rangers, sample garden offerings from the Greensboro Community Garden, sign up with the Streamwise Team to help make the town more flood resistant and sign up for a raffle with the Greensboro Planning Commission, helping remind residents to fill out a town survey before October 1.

photo by Naomi Ranz-Schleifer Mural painting at the Greensboro Bend Park began the background to which artist Tara Goreau will add detail before it is installed at the Lamoille Valley Rail trail trailhead in September. Town Clerk Kim Greaves said the painting party was, “so much fun for everyone.”

photo by Naomi Ranz-Schleifer Janney Johnston (center front) paints a section of the mural highlighting Greensboro Bend and its history designed by Tara Goreau. Dan Predpall (left), who arranged for a grant from the Vermont Arts Council to fund the mural and its installation at the LVRT trailhead, talks with organizer Jane Johns (right) and a visitor to the August 3 party.