Art boxes spread to neighborhoods in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Throughout Orlando, works of art help electrify traffic boxes.

Art boxes can be seen in business districts like Sodo and Mills 50, but the city wants residents to have the opportunity to bring them to all neighborhoods.

"When you go to a traffic light, usually there's a signal light to help control it. They're usually ugly or they may have billboards or graffiti on them," said Cindy Light, City of Orlando Neighborhood Relations Supervisor.  "It's neighborhood pride, neighborhood identity. Allow neighborhoods to define themselves."

Light said the Traffic Art Box program has been simplified online. It's a matching grant program for residents.

"It's an opportunity for neighborhoods to paint or wrap a traffic box and define their neighborhood by sense of identify and really bring neighborhoods together to do art."

It's creating culture at any corner.

"They can have artists from the neighborhood come together and do art based on what the neighborhood looks like."

Up to $5,000 in funding is available to neighborhoods.

"We're hoping that our neighborhoods take advantage of the program and bring art to the city."

For more information on the program go to www.cityoforlando.net/trafficartboxes.