The Levelland Main Street is proud to welcome four new additions to our downtown mosaic art offerings. It's been a project that has been long awaited and and was celebrated at the dedication on April 27, 2024 at 10am. The concept started years ago but really got underway in 2021. With the vision of the past Main Street Manager Missy Passmore, her board and various committee volunteers, it was set into motion and started to grow legs with the generous donations of five major donors: The Levelland Noon Rotary, Preston and Lydia Turner, The Levelland Marigolds, Keeling Insurance and the Hockley County Historic Commission. The project consists of four large custom concrete cast planters, expertly crafted by Restorhaus, that will be placed on each of the courthouse square business sides. Each planter will have four unique mosaic art pieces inspired by donor concepts and designed and artistically re-created by mosaic artists, John and Bette Hope. Each planter is approximately 3' x 3' with recessed areas on each side for the mosaic inset. The planters will have four mosaics that are 28" wide and 21" tall.

Click on each sponsor above to see information on each of their planters and below is a video of the journey...Enjoy!

The final donation made by the Hockley County HIstorical Commission was given when the project seemed destined for cancellation, when Covid hit and the materials skyrocketed. The price essentially doubled and the commission filled in the gap funding, showing their own commitment to the revitalization and investment in the growth of art and culture in downtown Levelland. Project cost for the mosaic planters were approximately $9,215, donor plaques, soil and flowers estimated at $2,250 and then expected seasonal costs for flower replacement and watering will be incorporated into Community Planting Day, going forward.

Each planter has a plaque that contains the name of the donors that funded this project, along with a QR
code that will take you to a page that has more information about the process, (see links at the top of the page).

Please see below for more information on the fabricator and the artists:

ABOUT JOHN AND BETTE HOPE

John and Bette Hope, owners of The Hope Shop & Design and The Hope House Bed & Breakfast, are long time
residents of Levelland and are very proud to be a part of The City of Mosaics. Since the 1980's they have invested
their hearts and creative talents to beautify Levelland's Downtown. They designed and painted unique signage for
Atchison's Jewelers, Your Shop, Our Stuff, Lou Dee's, and the Script Office Supply 'Welcome to Levelland' sign.
They were blessed to work with Burl Cole on the double mosaic, located on the library, depicting Hockley County
Schools. They also designed and created the double mosaics, 'Hockley County - Past to Present', which are located
on the County's corner monument.

Most recently they designed and created sixteen 21" x 28" mosaics depicting things familiar to our area. These are
mounted on four 3' sq. concrete planters custom built by Restorhaus, and that will sit around the City Square. The
total area is equivalent to a 6.5' x 10' mosaic.

ABOUT RESTORHAUS

A Lubbock company owned and operated by Richard Obenhaus, specializing in structural engineering and historic
restoration are responsible for the custom casting of the concrete planters for this project. This company also
assisted with the restructuring of the surface where the micro-mosaics residing on the northwest corner of the
county courthouse were mounted, back in 2015.