The Village of Spring Lake’s Art in the Park project is taking on a youth movement.
With the help of $1,000 in Grand Haven Area Community Foundation funds, the village hosted an art competition among Spring Lake High School students to find an appropriate painting for the north exterior wall of the Seven Steps Up concert venue, at the northeast corner of Jackson and Exchange streets.
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