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2016 Lincoln Balloon Fest
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS
August 30, 2016
Artworks adorn downtown Lincoln sidewalks
Several years ago the city of Lincoln began a project
that incorporated the youngest members of our
community in preparing for the thousands of guests
that would be visiting.
Chalk Art on Lincoln’s Downtown Square declared a
warm welcome and helped set a festive tone. Under
the coordination of Kathy Vineyard, school children
and local artists provided chalk art on walkways in
Lincoln’s Historic District.
While the emphasis of the festival is now at the
airport, those visitors who made their way downtown
area found a trail of whimsical to beautiful art works
to lead their foot steps past local shops.
School children and individuals worked hard and fast
between rain falls this year on Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday.
2016 Balloon Festival artwork was provided by
students from Carroll Catholic on Kickapoo, West
Lincoln Broadwell on Broadway, Washington Monroe
on Broadway and McLean, Central and Adams are
on N. Kickapoo Streets. Lincoln Junior High School
supplied works on five corners downtown: City Hall,
Flossie’s, Integrity, Prairie Engineers, Post Office.
Individual and organization works included Jodi
Phillips in front of 3 Roses, Cub Scouts in front of
Deep Roots, Tonya Heinzel in front of the Gresham
Building, Logan County 4-H in front of Cherished
Memories, and Girl Scouts in front of Sorrento’s.
Businesses supplying artwork were Prairie Years
at Prairie Years, Alley-Bi at Alley-Bi, The Courier,
Michelle Bauer in front of the Farm Bureau Building.
Thank you all for cheering and
brightening our downtown.