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some excitement, especially among basketball players. That’s our big project for this year.”

The commission has also purchased six 55-gallon barrels, which are on back-order, to be decorated and installed in local parks as trash cans. The Liberty Lake Library will work with tweens and teens interested in putting some of their art on one of the barrels. “This is going to be a fun project,” Hill said.

Stands are also being made so that the commission can install another story walk, this one in Orchard Park.

The commission was also recently approached by the Daughters of the American Revolution about partnering on a Never Forget Garden to honor veterans. “It was well received by the commission,” Hill said. “We always want to honor our veterans.”

Hill said she’d also like to have the commission work on some functional art, such as benches, or perhaps some goats that kids can climb on to have their picture taken. Liberty Lake is somewhat known for goats, since the city has a herd of them that make the rounds in local parks and public spaces every summer to eat down weeds. People like to visit the goats to pet them.

There might also be a project associated with the new roundabout at Kramer Parkway and Mission Avenue when it’s finished later this year. “That’s a possibility,” Hill said. “When that’s done, we could add art to that. It’s on the radar.”

Hill said she’d like to get feedback from the community about what art projects and/ or park improvements people would like to see the commission take on. She’s considering having commission members at the city’s booth at the Liberty Lake Farmers Market every week during the summer in order to get input.

There are endless possibilities, Hill said. “We’re still learning and growing as a commission,” she said. “The sky is the limit. It’s a pretty broad commission. We want to enhance what Jen and her team in the parks department are doing.”