With today’s shrinking budgets and lack of resources, a timely and unequaled opportunity between Peterson Air Force Base and the local Colorado Springs community has grown.
Nine hopeful University of Colorado Colorado Springs visual art students submitted sculpture ideas to 21st Space Wing leadership Nov. 3 as part of a unique partnership to design a replacement for the empty pedestal of the now defunct Peterson AFB east gate marquee.
“We wanted to get away from your typical plaque on a rock,” said Matt Hamilton, 21st Civil Engineer Squadron facilities excellence architect. “A sculpture that depicts the space command mission might do well.”
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