Van Buren Town Manager Luke Dyer (left) speaks with graduate students at the Drexel University Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in 2024. The students helped design aspects of a historical walking path in the town. (Courtesy of Scott Schmidt)
Trump budget cuts target national design program that helped rural Maine towns
The 30-year-old Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which Trump has targeted for elimination.
