Volunteers needed for the Salmon Creek mural project, Sept. 6, 7, 13 and 14

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Clark County Public Works is partnering with community members to paint a mural on the retaining wall on the north side of Northeast 117th Street, just west of Northeast Highway 99 and across from Klineline Pond/Salmon Creek Regional Park. The mural, which will feature salmon and a watershed pollution prevention theme, will be painted by more than 60 artists during the first two weekends of September (Saturday, Sept. 6; Sunday, Sept. 7; Saturday, Sept. 13 and Sunday, Sept. 14). 

Volunteers are needed to help manage painting supplies and wastewater, set up and clean the project area, provide support to artists (including drinking water, tools, and supplies), and more. Volunteer shifts are approximately three to four hours long, beginning at 7:30 a.m. each day. Volunteers may sign up for multiple shifts and/or multiple days.

Volunteers must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and walk up and down a sloped area. Due to the project’s location along a busy road, volunteers must be 18 years old or older. Volunteers can register for specific tasks and shifts at clark.wa.gov/public-works/volunteer. Contact the volunteer program coordinator, Cindy Gonzalez, at cindy.gonzalez@clark.wa.gov or 564.397.1679 with questions.

For information about road and park projects, closures, opportunities for community input, and more, residents can follow Public Works on X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook and Instagram and view information on Nextdoor. Residents can also visit clark.wa.gov/public-works to sign up for email notifications.

 

A two-lane road with a double-yellow stripe in the middle and white stripes on the edges curves around to the left towards the top of the photo. Behind the road, across the street from the viewer, is a retaining wall about 10 feet tall, covered with patches of neutral-colored paint. There are trees in the background and a cloudy sky.
A wall approximately 10 feet tall curves from the left towards the center of the photo. The wall is shiny and a neutral color, showing the wetness of recently applied primer. A worker in a florescent orange shirt is standing on the sidewalk in front of the wall, bending over to paint a low area on the wall. A road is adjacent to the wall and sidewalk, on the right. A freeway overpass and trees are in the background. The sky is blue and cloudless.
An artist wearing a florescent green and orange reflective safety vest and black pants stands on a stepladder in front of a gray retaining wall approximately 10 feet tall. The artist is painting words, "we all live". There is a chain link fence on top of the wall and some thin bushes behind the fence. The artist's ladder is on a sidewalk. It is a cloudy day.