Of the art alley, Batesville Main Street executive director and project facilitator Tina Longstreth told the crowd, "I hope it's going to be a great gathering spot." The project took "six months of design, collaboration and hard work." She thanked three Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs officials in attendance for a Quick Impact Place-based grant, the city for funding the bench made by Chaz Kaiser, and BHS art teachers Kyle Hunteman, Andrea Grimsley and Mary K. Cambron and students for painting the mural on the walkway.