Mural Fund

You can help to restore vitality to our downtown by supporting the creation of beautiful  murals. Donors wishing to support future murals in Virginia’s downtown area may make contributions to Virginia’s Non-endowed Mural Fund. As a non-endowed fund, your gift principal and earnings will be available for future murals. In the event that no additional murals are completed for a period of 3 years, any unexpended funds remaining will be transferred to the Downtown Revitalization Non-endowed Fund.

Click here to donate to the Virginia Mural Fund.

Click here to read a letter from State Representative, Tom Rukavina. 

 Above is a photo of the first phase of Virginia's Veterans mural, by Artist Kelly Meredith.  The mural, which will extend along the entire side of this building, includes images, plaques and stars.  Completion of the next phase will take place over the coming months.  Now is the time  to “purchase” a  star to honor  a veteran, as there are only a few available.   To learn more about ways to honor a veteran, please contact Carol Sundquist at 218 749-2392 or click here to download a form.

 Virginia’s first mural was funded, in part, by Minnesota’s Sesquicentennial Commission’s Grant Program, the Virginia Community Foundation, the City of Virginia, and numerous in-kind contributions from businesses. The mural, located at Chestnut Street and Second Avenue, is a fitting tribute to Hartley and Wesley Koski, who bequeathed their entire estate worth $1,050,000 to the Virginia Community Foundation. The Koski mural was installed on the corner of Chestnut Street and Second Avenue during the summer of 2008.

The second mural features Marty Biondich, a downtown icon for many years who kept the streets clean and always had a friendly grin and a kind word for downtown merchants and passersby. “Marty”, as he was fondly known by everyone in town, passed away in 1999. Donors to the project were able to have a name painted on individual baseballs incorporated within the mural. The Marty Mural, created in 2009, is located at 519 Chestnut Street.