Impact Story: Irrigate

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A collaborative project led by Springboard for the Arts, Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the City of St. Paul, Irrigate is an artist-led creative placemaking initiative spanning the six miles of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (CCLRT) line in Saint Paul during the years of its construction.

Irrigate presents a unique opportunity to bring together huge infrastructure development, a high concentration of resident artists on both ends of the corridor, a diverse ethnic and cultural mix among the neighborhoods, and a city with a strong track record of artist community engagement.

Springboard for the Arts, a longtime McKnight grantee, is an economic and community development organization run for artists and by artists. Irrigate is supported by a grant through McKnight's Region and Communities program.