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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 13, 2025
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Leon County, KCCI to Celebrate Artistic Crosswalks near Courthouse
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Leon County Government and Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI) |
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Crosswalks to Courthouse Ribbon Cutting |
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Tuesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. |
| WHERE:Â |
Ausley McMullen offices (adjacent to crosswalks), 123 S Calhoun St. |
Leon County Government and the Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI) invite the community to the unveiling of three new artistic crosswalks near the Judge Augustus D. Aikens, Jr. Leon County Courthouse. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. at the Ausley McMullen offices (adjacent to crosswalks), 123 S Calhoun St.
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The artistic crosswalks are located along Calhoun Street at the intersections of College Avenue and Jefferson Street. Designed to enhance pedestrian safety and celebrate public art, these vibrant crosswalks create a visually engaging connection between the Calhoun Eastside Parking Garage to the Leon County Courthouse along Calhoun Street.
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This project supports the County’s ongoing efforts to provide essential public safety infrastructure and promote livability, health, and sense of community by enhancing mobility, expanding public art access and improving the visibility of crosswalks. Funding for the artistic designs on the crosswalks was made possible with a KCCI grant received from the Community Foundation of North Florida Knight Foundation fund.
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This project builds on the success of Leon County and KCCI’s 2023 Crosswalks to Classrooms – Dempsey Mayo project, where the County and KCCI installed three artistic crosswalks along Dempsey Mayo Road near W.T. Moore Elementary and Westminster Oaks to enhance pedestrian safety.
Road Closure Information
To complete the crosswalk art installations, there will be a temporary two-day road closure of Calhoun Street and Jefferson Street on Friday March 14, through Saturday March 15, 2025.
On Friday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Calhoun Street between College Avenue and Jefferson Street will be closed. Southbound traffic on Calhoun Street at College Avenue will be detoured east onto College Avenue, south onto Meridian Street, west onto Jefferson Street, and back to Calhoun Street. Calhoun Street between College Avenue and Jefferson Street will be converted to a temporary two-way street to accommodate local traffic. Additionally, Jefferson Street between North Monroe Street and Calhoun Street will be closed to through traffic, local traffic will be allowed from Monroe Street.
On Saturday March 15, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the north crosswalk at the intersection of Calhoun Street and College Avenue will be closed. Southbound traffic will be detoured east onto Park Avenue then south onto Meridian Street then west onto College Avenue to Calhoun Street. Calhoun Street between Park Avenue and College Avenue will be converted to a two-way street to accommodate local traffic.
For more information on the road closures and to view the detour maps, visit LeonCountyFL.gov/RoadClosures.
For more information, contact Mathieu Cavell, Leon County Community and Media Relations, at 850-606-5300 / CMR@LeonCountyFL.gov.
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