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Lives in: Hutchinson Island
Family: Wife, Mally Chrulski
Education: Bachelor of Arts
degree in fine arts, Ohio State
University
Hobbies: Art and music
What inspires me: Aesthetics
What most people don’t know about me: “I love the tropics,
enjoy landscape architecture and have promoted the use of
tropical palms along many of the major roadways and downtowns
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JIM CHRULSKI
Age: 59
Occupation: Director of Community
Services, City of Stuart
on the Treasure Coast.”
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drumming including jazz, rock, Latin and blues. At 16, while
attending a Catholic high school, Chrulski formed his own
band.
“It was called Cottonmouth, which was a biker band,”
he remembers, looking back on those days. “It was a pretty
tough Cleveland band. I’m sure it drove my parents crazy.”
After high school, he studied advertising and illustration at
the Columbus School of Art and Design. Then he transferred
to Ohio State University and earned his bachelor’s degree in
fine arts.
Chrulski married his high school sweetheart, Mally Dougherty,
in 1983. The couple wanted to live in the subtropics and
in 1986 moved to the Treasure Coast.
For the next 11 years, Chrulski worked as special events
manager for the St. Lucie County Department of Leisure
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ANTHONY INSWASTY
With a musical background and fine arts education, Chrulski enjoys putting
his creativity to work for the City of Stuart.
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