Cleveland, NC to get Peacock Mural - Town Board Meeting August 2022
The town board of Cleveland, NC met tonight Mon 8-8-2022. All board members were present except for Commissioner Danny Gabriel. Members of town board approved a new alternate to the town zoning board, John Brown, who was the only applicant. Brown is the son of Jim Brown who is currently on the zoning board. Peacock Mural on Depot St. The board voted to spend $2496 for a wall mural on the old Moore Store building on Depot St which is owned by Commissioner Richard Taylor. The contracted artist is Jenny M. Booe who is the niece of Gabriel. The proposed sketches were of peacock wings. Mayor Pat Phifer said that angel wing murals have been popular destination stops for photos recently with a geocache web app. He said that a group dressed in tuxes with a horse trailer had stopped to get photos at Leo's barbershop Coca-Cola mural recently. Leo's mural is on the national app. Phifer said that he hoped to have multiple murals. He has plans for a hot air balloon for the Mason building