Rock Hill receives $50K arts grant for Woolworth Walkway, other projects

A $50,000 grant will help spruce up downtown Rock Hill.

The city on Thursday announced the grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will be used in part for the Woolworth Walkway project. A new apartment building on East Main Street on the site of the former Woolworth’s store will include public art monuments dedicated to the city’s role in the civil rights movement, partly paid for through the NEA Our Town grant.

The money will be spent through the Rock Hill Designs for Rock Hill Places initiative, a program to incorporate public artwork into city designs and infrastructure, city officials said.

In addition to the walkway, some of the grant money will be spent on preparation for “a potential second project,” the release states.

This story was originally published July 16, 2015 at 12:57 PM with the headline "Rock Hill receives $50K arts grant for Woolworth Walkway, other projects."