Painting the (Open) Street

Katie Clower, Friends of the Mississippi River,

having just painted the first application

of the new City of St.Paul storm drain stencil

on the north side of University Ave. near Western.

Katie Clower, Youth and Community
Engagement Coordinator for Friends of the Mississippi River is a River-Wash collaborator and the very first person to paint the brand new St. Paul stormwater stencil at University Avenue. The stenciling can't normally occur on such a busy street, but the street closure of University Ave. for St. Paul Open Streets today provided an opportunity to bring the river stewardship message to a very public place as part of the River-Wash project.

After the sun started drying the rain-dampened streets, it was a festive atmosphere for stenciling as Open Streets was setting up. River-Wash Collaborators Va-Megn Thoj, Executive Director of AEDA (Asian Economic Development Association) and AEDA intern & volunteer Mai Vang, were also there, letting visitors know about Little Mekong as shown in the pictures below.

Celebrating Little Mekong at Open Streets
River-Wash Collaborators Mai Vang, AEDA volunteer at left
Va-Megn Thoj, AEDA Executive Director second to left.

River-Wash at Little Mekong Collaborators
at the final stencil of the morning
Left to right:

Jonee Kulman Brigham, Full Spring Studio
Katie Clower, Friends of the Mississippi River
Mai Vang, intern and volunteer for
Asian Economic Development Association (AEDA)
(Collaborator Va-Megn Thoj,
AEDA Executive Director, not shown.)