PRESERVATION
REINVENTING EDGEWOOD
Group labored six long years before its
efforts produced plans for an arts village
BY KERRY FIRTH
After six long years in the planning and zoning
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JOHN RYAN PHOTOS
Barbara Hoffman and Ross Power are the two driving forces behind the Vero Beach Art Village in the old Edgewood community.
The old Edgewood community just west of the popular art district in downtown
Vero is the site of the revitalized art village.
stage, the Vero Beach Art Village is finally moving
forward with transforming the historical downtown
Edgewood neighborhood into a mixed-use
residential and business village celebrating the arts.
The neighborhood is in the process of morphing into a
place where visitors and the cultural community can meet,
learn, entertain and interact in the appreciation of the
visual, culinary and performing arts. It will be a creative
place for artists to live, work and sell their creations at their
home studios within the district.
It all started back in 2015 when local leaders and members
of the Cultural Council of Indian River County started
looking at ways to attract more artists to the community
while showcasing the arts in a more recognizable fashion.
Local artists had expressed that it was difficult to be a professional
artist in Vero Beach because of the lack of suitable >>