History

Wildflower Villiage is now rubble. The artists’ colony, made up of three 1950s-era motels on West Fourth Street (the former U.S. 40), was the project of Pat Campbell Cozzi, who put an art gallery, gift shop, rooms for rent, hostel, bicycle rentals, theatre, workshops, classes and coffeehouse all into it. Penske truck rentals helped pay for it. She kept it going for more than two decades.

Wildflower Villiage is now rubble. The artists’ colony, made up of three 1950s-era motels on West Fourth Street (the former U.S. 40), was the project of Pat Campbell Cozzi, who put an art gallery, gift shop, rooms for rent, hostel, bicycle rentals, theatre, workshops, classes and coffeehouse all into it. Penske truck rentals helped pay for it. She kept it going for more than two decades.

PHOTO/JERI CHADWELL-SINGLEY