The tenants of HODC’s Heart’s Place, a supportive housing development for people living with a disability, came together to create a mural in the hallway of their main entrance. 

On Wednesday, June 14th, the tenants showed their completed artwork during an unveiling event to local community leaders, friends, and family. They were joined by State Senator Ann Gillespie, State Representative Mary Beth Canty, and Arlington Heights Trustees Wendy Dunnington, Nicolle Grasse, Robin LaBedz, and Scott Shirley. Mural Project Leader, Colleen Koziara from Beyond Bingo, was on hand to explain how the tenants decided on what to include in the mural and participated in the painting. Members of HODC’s board of directors and staff were on hand to help celebrate.

 

People stand in a hallway with a large mural on one side. A woman is bending over looking closely at the mural.
A man bends down, pointing a point of a mural on a wall, while three white women look on.
Group of professionally dressed people pose and smile in front of a large mural of green pastures and a tree with pink blossoms.
Four people smile in front of a wall with a painted mural of green pastures and a tree with pink blooms in the background. One black man is in a wheelchair. Two women and another man stand next to him.