Mayor's Award, Business or Corporation:
Trout Lily Cafe' - Kate Hawkes

Downtown business owner Kate Hawkes encourages visual and performing artists in the Springfield area through their use of her space at Trout Lily Cafe'. She generously donates wall space to visual artists in all mediums for their exhibit and sale of artwork. Almost daily, she allows musicians to play during lunch hours. And she has hosted small performing groups for evening concerts. Kate may have a small business, but she ranks big in the arts.

Mayor's Award 2009. Click for award and examples of art

Artist Mike Mayosky recently painted this amazing trout lily on the wall outside our cafe. Click image above to see a larger version. And be sure to click here for the slide show of all three murals painted on the wall just outside the Trout Lily Cafe!