Bringing Art, Culture, and Recreation Together

Valley In Motion (VIM) is strengthening Carbondale and Forest City through its Creative Communities initiative, a program dedicated to expanding public art and cultural experiences. While VIM’s Outdoor Towns initiative focuses on improving bike trails, trail connections, bike sheds, and recreation infrastructure, Creative Communities concentrates on the cultural side of placemaking—making each downtown more vibrant, welcoming, and inspiring.

With support from the PA Council on the Arts, the Borough of Forest City, and the City of Carbondale, VIM is planning and executing public art projects that draw residents and visitors from the Lackawanna River’s trails into each community’s Main Street.

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Transform What’s Possible in Your Community

Want to reimagine an underused space? Express your community’s values, stories, or aspirations through art? Create a destination worth visiting? VIM’s Valley Murals program can help bring your vision to life.

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Murals spark meaningful community conversations.

In Forest City, the Trail Town Mural supports the borough’s identity as a fun, welcoming place for outdoor recreation.

In Carbondale, the Trailhead Mural honors the city’s industrial heritage while helping draw people toward the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.

 

While VIM partners with muralists from the Northeast Art Project, we also celebrate the many local artists who have created dozens of murals throughout the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys.