Jan 25, 2023
Our own Sarah Farmer, co-owner of Farmer’s Creekside Tavern & Inn, was a leader in a recent project designed to help revitalize the Village of Le Roy. Sarah collaborated with local artist, sculptor and welder, Stacey Mrva to start the Black Bench Initiative project. Together they created themes for new benches designed to adorn the streets of Le Roy and Stacey brought those themes to life with the creation of the newly installed steel welded benches. The initiative started a couple of years ago in response to unrest in the City of Rochester. Sarah was looking for a way to help bring the community together.
"This all started in downtown Rochester where we were trying to get away from all the chaos of the riots and all the bad things going on, all the hate. And trying to do some soul-searching with some association members and businesses, and we ended up coming up with this project, called the Black Bench Initiative," Farmer said prior to a ribbon-cutting for the benches outside the Creekside Inn. "Basically, it is something creating a memory of historical significance of different landmarks and important things to each community that they're in."
Image courtesy The Batavian
In addition to the work they have done for Le Roy, Sarah and Stacey also work closely together on metal work for the South Wedge in the City of Rochester.
