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A $15.3 million Vista apartment building with a 60-foot tall mural on an exterior wall in the center of what the city hopes will become a downtown art district is opening with a goal of fostering the arts.

By TR Robertson
Sunday morning on the patio of 508 Tavern on S. Santa Fe Avenue, Vista Civic leaders, Tribal leaders of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, representatives of numerous groups and organizations, business leaders, members of the Vista Chamber of Commerce, Tideline Partners and other interested spectators gathered for the official opening of the 42-unit apartment complex called Found Lofts.

The 60 feet mural was debuted on Sunday and is painted on Found Lofts in Vista’s Arts and Culture District.

A proposed mural that raised some eyebrows with Vista City Council members has been revised with input from local members of the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, who have given their blessing to the work.