“Street art and graffiti are powerful tools for social change.”
Mural trails in the centre of Glasgow are set to be expanded to other parts of the city after the council agreed to look at new legal graffiti spaces.
Green councillor Lana Reid-McConnell who brought forward the motion on the topic, said: Councillor Christy Mearns who seconded the motion said: “We spend a huge amount of money and effort responding to problem graffiti.” She said councillors receive daily complaints about graffiti and sometimes “quality art” is removed frustratingly a there is no assessment process in place.
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