This year’s Village Building Convergence will see the completion of the intersection repair at NE 30th and Killingsworth. We will be repainting the graphics on the corners of the intersection to spruce them up after 4 years of the wear and tear of pedestrian traffic.

2006 marked the beginning of this project with the painting of the supergraphics and the installation of a mosaic planter which utilized china and tiles donated by neighbors. The following year we created and installed 3 more planters. The finishing touch to the overall plan was the installation of 3 mosaic totems in 2008.

During this time the Concordia Neighborhood Association was hard at work convincing the city that crosswalks were essential to the safety of the pedestrians at our intersection, whose number was increasing quickly because of the new businesses which were opening up. Three years later not only one – but two – crosswalks were installed!

The best surprise of all came when city trucks showed up and put up two pedestrian-activated traffic lights!

So to celebrate the successful intersection repair – which began to protect pedestrians and to slow traffic and, of course, to beautify our little hub - we will be freshening up the painted sidewalks, weeding the planters, and cleaning the gutters. And then we will celebrate the reclaiming of our crossroads!

Schedule

We will be painting on Saturday, May 29, from 10-3 or until we’re finished!