A New NC Business Painted a Colorful Mural. The City Said It Must Be Removed.

A new business in NC painted a colorful mural. The city said it must be removed.

“Every town around here has embraced public art and Conover has refused to do so.”

A new NC business painted a colorful mural. The city said it must be removed.

“Every town around here has embraced public art and Conover has refused to do so.”

Downtown Conover mural causing controversy, ordered to come down

CONOVER, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A mural in downtown Conover is causing controversy. While it's bringing visitors to the area, the city says the artwork must come down. The mural at 103 1st Ave. S. doesn’t have a name. “That is just a pure piece for people to look at to get them out of here, give them something to dream about,” said Justin Barringer. Barringer helped design the mural. “The idea behind it is that we are not separate from nature…

Local business fights to keep colorful mural - WCCB Charlotte's CW

CONOVER, N.C. – A mural in Downtown Conover is stirring up controversy. City leaders want the business owners to remove a mural because it violates the town’s color scheme. The mural is painted on the side of a Evexia wellness store on 1st Street South. “It’s really just all the natural elements making something that wasn’t political bias, nothing that we thought anyone could get offended by, just something beautiful to look at,” Billie Barringe…