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by Nanci Dalzell, PBTC Director
The third annual Pacific Beach Graffiti Clean Up was held Saturday, April 17. This cooperative effort was sponsored by the Pacific Beach Town Council (PBTC) and the Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church.
This year, $4,000 in cash and in-kind supply donations were made by ACE Hardware, Daily Disposal, Dirty Birds, Discover PB, Dunn-Edwards, EDCO, Hammer & Nails, Home Depot, Hulquist Insurance, Marcie Beckett, PB Presbyterian Church, PB Shore Club, Sherwin Williams, Staples, Teasers Hair Salon, Trader Joes and Waste Management.
An extended thank you goes to the PB Presbyterian Church, our partners in this beautification effort for their donation of cash, food, volunteers and the use of their facilities.
Other volunteer groups include the PBTC board of directors and members, the PBTC Safe & Beautiful Committee members, the Urban Corp of San Diego County, and many other residents of the community. Totaling 135 volunteers, 590 hours went toward graffiti clean up; another 300 hours to plan and prepare for this event.
The volunteers were deployed to 28 teams to remove or paint over thousands of graffiti “tags” in PB.
The Urban Corp also painted over the pathway along Rose Creek and other larger paint projects. Four teams were deployed to paint-over jobs of dumpsters, walls and fences.
In addition to removing graffiti in Pacific Beach, key goals accomplished were to: 1) increase awareness of graffiti in our neighborhood and 2) educate the community about how to report and remove tags.
In the past three years, this project has had a significant impact on reducing graffiti and keeping our community safe and beautiful.
The event is held annually, however, graffiti removal kits are available year-round. Contact the Pacific Beach Town Council at pbtowncouncil@sbcglobal.net or call (858) 483-6666. Office hours are Mondays through Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The office is located at 1706 Garnet Ave.
By Leonel Sanchez, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at midnight
PACIFIC BEACH — Volunteers are being sought to help launch an anti-litter educational campaign in Pacific Beach on Saturday.
Volunteers will clean up and distribute “CleanPB” brochures, posters, tote bags, T-shirts and coaster sets from 9 a.m. to noon. They’re asked to meet at the boardwalk north of the lifeguard station near Ocean Boulevard and Grand Avenue.
The Pacific Beach Town Council and students from the San Diego Art Institute created the project, which is called Community Litter Education and Awareness Network.
For more information, go to CleanPB.com.
by SHANNON MULHALL, BEACH AND BAY
“Use me. I can handle it. I’m having your litter.”
These are not excerpts from a dysfunctional relationship, but examples of signs you may soon be noticing on trash receptacles along Garnet Avenue. The busy street is home to many of Pacific Beach’s most popular bars, restaurants and shops – as well as cigarette butts and other litter.
“That trash ends up in our waterways and in our beaches and bays,” Pacific Beach Town Council President Rick Oldham said. “It’s a blight on the community and the city at large.”
The Town Council has made beautifying the community one of its top priorities. Its cleanup events clear hundreds of pounds of litter from the beach and streets each month. Now, Town Council members want to get Pacific Beach residents and visitors thinking and talking trash – long-term.
To that end, the PBTC has partnered with students of the Art Institute of California – San Diego to present the Clean PB Education Campaign. Centered around the concept of CLEAN (Community Litter Education and Awareness Network), the campaign’s slogan is “Let’s talk trash.”
The program’s aim is not to shame people into throwing away their trash, say program organizers, but to encourage community members to discuss the area’s litter problem and come up with solutions.
The Town Council first discussed the campaign in September 2007, when Art Institute students Jeff Hunter, SueAnn Erickson and David Gonsalves presented their series of humorous, eye-catching signage designed to appeal to the area’s youthful, fun-loving demographic. Their work impressed the judges of a national design contest and resulted in almost $13,000 in grants from SAPPI Paper Co. to create and distribute their unique messaging.
In addition to trash receptacle signage, the campaign features signs and classified ads for “Found” objects such as plastic drinking cups, brown bottles, metal cans and other common litter items.
Another campaign fixture is bar coasters with messages such as “Keep it clean,” “Drinks are on me” and “Back that trash up.” The lighthearted coasters also have a serious side. The back sides feature an “everything is connected” puzzle that illustrates how a single piece of trash, when combined with others, becomes a big litter problem.
For more information, visit www.cleanpb.com.
