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crsimp01
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From the Glen Echo Columbus Yahoo listserv/message board..

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Hello! We have received permission from all parties involved to go ahead with the mural on the corner of Hudson and Summit. Currently, the Code Enforcement Officers are heavily encouraging the owners to repaint the wall immediately so that they are no longer in violation of neighborhood codes. That means we need to step up and help the owners by priming the wall to get ready to paint the mural in a few months. There are two dates of note that Wild Goose Creative would like to announce:

Community Priming: Saturday, April 9 from 9am - 5pm
For the "Community Priming," we will need all the volunteers we can get to bring paint sprayers, brushes, pans, rollers, etc... to help us get the wall painted and ready for mural time this summer. If anyone would like to provide us with financial support to buy paint and supplies, that would be wonderful as well. Wild Goose Creative is a 501(c)(3) and your donations would be tax-deductible. Email me at info(at)wildgoosecreative.com if you are interested.

Community Mural Art Brainstorm Meeting: Sunday, April 17 from 1-3:30pm (at Wild Goose Creative)
The Community Mural Art Brainstorm Meeting will take place at Wild Goose Creative and be a time for members of the community to share their ideas for what the mural will include. We will record the ideas on video and give them to the artist(s) to come up with a final design.

Please spread the word to your neighbors and nearby businesses. This is going to be a strong step in the right direction to take back that wall and beautify our neighborhood!

Posted 1 year ago #
Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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This mural will be a welcome addition to the neighborhood. I hope that it can stay clean of tags though.

What are these 'neighborhood codes' that you reference in your article?

Posted 1 year ago #
mazzyD

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This sounds like a great project! Which corner is the mural going to be on? Is it the reTag store or the building on the other side of the street?

Posted 1 year ago #
bethgoose
2491 Summit Street
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Hey! Yeah, we're really excited about it! We know it will get tagged, but it has been shown again and again that murals deter graffiti, so we're going for it! The wall in question is the one on the Southwest corner of the Summit/Hudson intersection, where the old car lot used to be.

The owners have been in violation of the neighborhood graffiti code that states that owners of a vacant property have 30 days to remove graffiti or be fined. We know that it is a HUGE project to keep up with that wall, so we understand that it is easy to get behind. But we'd like to help them out and also prep the wall (and neighborhood) for the mural.

Keep an eye out for an upcoming FB group and events where people can join us! We're going to need all the help we can get!

Posted 1 year ago #
CharlieMike
columbus
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This sounds like a great idea! I live walking distance from that wall, so I'll be happy to help out with the priming. I'll fire off an email with my info to you.

Posted 1 year ago #
Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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I'd love to help as well. I'm assuming you'll post info here on how to get involved?

Can you give me an actual code reference for the violation? It's not that I don't believe you; I want to keep it handy for future violations. :)

Thx,
Jason

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bethgoose
2491 Summit Street
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Hey, again! If you'd like to help out, please join our FB group to keep up to date. You'll be able to RSVP to events, find out what our immediate needs are, and find out who else is involved!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162333857155060#!/home.php?sk=group_162333857155060

Posted 1 year ago #
Kerry
Merion Village
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The City of Columbus, Keep Columbus Beautiful program offers graffiti abatement assistance by lending painting tools, Bob Seed is the program director and a great resource.

Posted 1 year ago #
crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From SoHud Community Mural Project Facebook page:

We are so excited about the response to this project! What we are most needing right now is funding to buy the primer. If you have any extra tax-refund money lying around, message me. We would be happy to put it to good use! :)

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crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From SoHud Community Mural Project Facebook page:

We have moved the date for the Mural Priming to May 7, 2011 at 9AM. Hope you can make it! Please RSVP if you can, and bring your friends!

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crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From SoHud Community Mural Project Facebook page:

"Hey! Thanks for your questions! We have received permission from all three owners (lot, building on corner, building next to it) through the University Area Commission."

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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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Excellent. I'll be there! I don't do the facebook thing ... can I RSVP here?

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Lakee911
Clintonville (South)
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We noticed yesterday that the area had been covered with flowers and hearts. It appears that someone tried to cover it up.

Posted 1 year ago #
crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From the Facebook posting:

Community Mural Art Brainstorm Meeting

Time: Sunday, April 17 Ã‚Â· 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Wild Goose Creative
Created By: SoHud Community Mural Project, Elizabeth Meyer Dekker

More info:

The Community Mural Art Brainstorm Meeting will take place at Wild Goose Creative and be a time for members of the community to share their ideas for what the mural will include. We will record the ideas on video and give them to the artist(s) to come up with a final design.

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crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From Facebook:

You can always head to this page for more information about the Mural Project! The Call for Artists for mural designs will be posted on Monday.

SoHud Mural Project sohudmural.com
Wild Goose Creative is excited to announce that we are moving forward on a mural project for the Southwest corner of Summit and Hudson. We are going to need a lot of help with this project, both in volunteer hours, in-kind donation, and financial support.

http://www.wildgoosecreative.com/SoHud_Mural_Project.html

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WildGooseCreative
2491 Summit St. Clintonville/Old North Columbus
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Lakee911 wrote >>
Excellent. I'll be there! I don't do the facebook thing ... can I RSVP here?

Thanks, Lakee! You can always RSVP by e-mailing us at info@wildgoosecreative.com.

@crsimp01 Thanks for posting the updates here on CU. The short version of that link is simply http://www.sohudmural.com

Posted 1 year ago #
Displaced Columbusite

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I used to work for a coatings company and I can tell you that some paint stores in the city will donate paint that they no longer are going to sell, it just gets thrown out. So if you call around to different paint stores (mostly the commercial stores (b/c they have larger volumes), such as the Sherwin Williams commercial store that was located off of Morse--may have moved to a new location) you may be able to get paint donated that was to be thrown out.

Good luck

Quick edit: its not that the paint gets thrown out b/c its no good (which you would then not want), but rather b/c it was tinted incorrectly and the customer/contractor didn't want it, which you can certainly use.

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crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From the Facebook page:

We were awarded the Greater Columbus Arts Council Neighborhood Art grant for this project!!! A big thanks to the GCAC, and a big thanks to Katie Randall for her hard work in writing it!

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crsimp01
Columbus, Ohio
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From Elizabeth Meyer Dekker on Facebook:

It's UP! The Call for Artists can be found in the "Docs" tab in the right column on our website!

http://www.wildgoosecreative.com/SoHud_Mural_Project.html

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WildGooseCreative
2491 Summit St. Clintonville/Old North Columbus
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Quick update on the project: we are postponing the wall priming (originally set for Saturday, May 7) until late June. Now that the graffiti is covered up, the building owner is no longer in code violation, so there's no rush for us to prime it. We're trying to keep the window as small as possible between the priming and the actual mural painting.

Posted 1 year ago #