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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 19-21, 2010 The Park Record A-5 PARK CITY REAL ESTATE AND YOU CITY BEAT CiTY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger 649-90I4 ext.l 11 Craig Reece, CRS cltynews@parkrecord.com Marsac Building is a canvas City Hall has up to $70,000 to spend on pieces of art By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff City Hall is preparing to seek proposals from artists to create a piece or pieces of artwork to decorate the area outside the Marsac Building, part of the overall renovation of the municipal building. Officials set aside 1 percent of the renovation cost for artwork, with up to $70,000 available in the fund for the art. Sharon Bauman, a City Hall staffer who is involved in the discussions, said officials could issue a call for the proposals as early as the end of June. Under that timeline, the submittals could be due in August, Bauman said, acknowledging the schedule is not finalized. Once an artist or artists are selected, they are normally given six months or so to create the artwork, she said. Bauman briefly spoke to City Hall's Public Art Advisory Board on Monday night about the artwork. Board members mentioned whether the money should be spent on works for several spots at the Marsac Building. One member indicated concepts should be presented before there are VIRTUAL TOUR: A TOP MARKETING TOOL Virtual tours of homes for sale are now an important pan of the way we market homes today. In virtual tours, Realtors® provide a visual walk-through of their listed properties. This gives prospective buyers essential information about a property before chey ever step foot on it. Virtual tours have become so popular that studies show that 75 to 80 percent of homebuyers now start their home searches on the internet first. With this type of technology, Realtor.com, the most visited real estate website, is showing a 17 percent increase in the time visitors spend searching for properties compared to a year ago. Marketing properties via the Internet started with written descriptions and a still phoio. Today, most sites have added virtual walk-throughs with 360-Jcgn-c panoramic views. It helps to weed out properties mat don't meet their needs, and find special features they want, so buyers can narrnw iheir possibilities to the few homes that look the most promising. At that point, they can arrange with the listing Realtor for a real-life inspection of the property. The importance of a real-life tour of die home, and a personal first-hand inspection of the neighborhood, guided by the assistance and counsel of a competent Realtor® is essential in finding the right home for your needs. For rock solid advice on buying or selling real estate, call Craig Reece at 435-647-8017 or toll free at 1-866-709-8018. Craig has been a full time Park City resident since 1973 and a full-time real estate agent since 1978. Saddieview office Paifc Bidg B 2200 p«rk Avenue, park City, U T 64060 www.DeerValleySpeciallst.coni Craig@DeerValleySpeclali8t.com The Prudential a n d ( ^ are registered service marits ol The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Equal housing opportunity. Each company independently owned and operated. JAY HAMBURGtPJPARK RECORD A Bill Kranstover creation called "Undulation" is on display on a small plaza on the west side of the Marsac Building. Park City officials want to install more artwork outside the municipal building as part of a pledge to spend up to $70,000, or 1 percent of the cost of the recent Marsac Building renovation, on publicly displayed art. Starting <§> $45/sf installed (3 cm Material) more talks. In an interview. Bauman said it is not clear yet whether the artwork would entail one piece or several. Locations that are under consideration include the entry way on the southern side of the building and the small plaza on the west side of the Marsac Building, at the top o! the stairway to Swede AJlcy. Park City leaders have for years set aside money to put art in public spots like outside the Marsac Building, arguing that the artwork adds to the aesthetics of the community. Examples elsewhere include a series of sculptures at the Old Town transit center, a bronzed bear seated on a bench along a walkway between Swede Alley and Main Street and several murals. The artwork that the $70,000 could fund would complement numerous pieces that are on display inside and outside the Marsac Building. Meanwhile, the panel on Monday night also touched on the prospects of creating a map that highlights the locations of publicly displayed art in Park City. The map perhaps could include small pictures of the pieces identifying where they are located, members said. 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