{"id":87159,"date":"2022-06-15T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/no-paint-no-gain-downtown-crosswalk-gets-belated-touch-up\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:54:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T01:54:52","slug":"no-paint-no-gain-downtown-crosswalk-gets-belated-touch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/no-paint-no-gain-downtown-crosswalk-gets-belated-touch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"No paint, no gain: Downtown crosswalk gets belated touch-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

Juneau’s rainbow crosswalk received an annual touch-up this week as the paint was renewed from another year of wear and tear.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The paint was paid for completely by fundraising at no cost to the city, said Steve SueWing, who helped get the original crosswalk painted and continues to fundraise for it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“It’s paid for this year and definitely next year. This has been on the work plan for a month and a half, but the delay was getting the paint here,” SueWing said in a phone interview. “It’s definitely — pun intended — a point of pride of being there. With every year that it’s there, people are getting more used to seeing and expecting to see it on time.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[Live and in color: GLITZ returns to full, glorious presence]<\/ins><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

\"Paint<\/a>

Paint dries Thursday morning on Juneau’s rainbow crosswalk as the colorful crossing gets its annual repainting on June 16, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

Work was finished on the crosswalk by Thursday morning. SueWing said he thought it might be the only rainbow crosswalk in Alaska.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The crosswalk was first painted in July 2019<\/a>, following a number of crosswalks downtown getting guerrilla-painted rainbow colors in previous years. The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council serves as the fiscal sponsor for the project, SueWing said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Initial fundraising has carried the crosswalk through this year and beyond, SueWing said, as he’s continued to raise money to keep the project solid for the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

• Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at (757) 621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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