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The original mural, approved by the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission in February, showed a large female figure with a butterfly on her finger, but some residents were concerned with the amount of the female’s cleavage shown in the rendering.
Residents said the mural, which was poised to be painted on The Lift dispensary at the corner of Temple Avenue and Fourth Street, was “overtly sexual” and could damage the historic neighborhood.
Since then, representatives from The Lift dispensary reached out to the community after objections to the original mural design were raised, and proposed an alternative design.
Residents in the historic Bluff Heights neighborhood are fighting the installation of a vibrant, “overtly sexual” mural on the side of The Lift cannabis dispensary that sits on the edge of the neighborhood, but city officials say that the content of the mural is protected by the First Amendment.
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Two murals, a lavender-dominant floral display, and a green-dominant piece showing a woman with a flower and butterfly have been proposed to be painted on The Lift dispensary located at the corner of Fourth Street and Temple Avenue.
Michael Forrest, a representative for The Lift said the colors were chosen to represent gender equality. Purple and green have historically been used in women suffrage movements and Forrest said the company wants to stand for something and be a welcoming part of the environment for everyone.
Board OKs storage building site plan
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A city board has approved the site plan for a planned three-story storage building on South Rutgers Avenue near Walmart after some debate about whether it should keep its lights on at night.
The building for Extra Space Storage is planned to include three stories of personal storage lockers with a design that resembles some of the stores in the nearby Main Street Oak Ridge shopping center. Both Main Street Oak Ridge and this storage unit are projects of Greenville, S.C.-based developer RealtyLink.
The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission, a board appointed by City Council, unanimously voted last Thursday, April 22, to approve the site plan, which shows the layout for the storage building and its surroundings. The site plan now needs only the approval from Planning Commission, not City Council.
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