Mural In Spring City Welcomes Locals and Visitors

SPRING CITY, PA — A new mural of a spring pump greets locals and guests coming into Spring City borough.

Spring City Improvements League partnered with local artist Ellie McIntosh to complete a large-scale mural on Main Street.

The art faces the new parking lot at Main and Yost Streets and features the rolling hills and fields seen throughout Chester County.

“We want to welcome visitors and those passing through Spring City with this mural,” Kim Weaner, president of the league. “ As the gateway to Chester County, we wanted to showcase the beauty all around us.”

Eventually, the natural springs in the area proffered an obvious name and led to “Springville” being chartered on Aug. 12, 1867.

The name wouldn’t stand as it was discovered that Pennsylvania already had a town of this name which led to the change to Spring City. ]

The original copper mug is currently on display at the Spring-Ford Historic Society.

McIntosh has been painting commercial and residential murals for the past 15 years, both in the U.S. and abroad.

She has a passion for visual storytelling through mural painting. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and Design from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design with a minor in Sustainable Design and a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from Western Carolina University.
“Murals uplift people and being around art changes their attitude in a big way,” McIntosh said. “Murals create a whole other world and atmosphere which I really love,” she said.

McIntosh’s work includes murals at Bloom, Chester Springs Lock29, Mont Clare; Revivalist Spirits, Rusticraft Fencing, Malvern and more.

Spring City Improvements League is an incorporated non-profit established to lead beautification projects to benefit the residents, businesses, and visitors of the borough of Spring City.

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"As we were envisioning the mural, it was important to us that the community be involved in this project," said Diane Skorina, league vice president.

“Now that the mural is complete, we look forward to continuing our efforts of beautification throughout the borough."

Eugene Sweeney, league secretary, thanked community groups, local businesses and individual sponsors.

“We are especially grateful to the American Legion Post #602, the Independent Order of OdFellows Vincent Lodge #762 and Spring City Borough for their support,” she said.

“Borough businesses and families who generously donated to the project are recognized on our donor plaque which was permanently attached to the building this week."