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FRESH PAINT DAYS Sept 17 - 28, 2010

 

Fresh Paint Days is a Keep Oklahoma Beautiful project designed to encourage volunteers to seek out unsightly community structures and renovate them with the creative use of resources. Willing volunteers will make use of paint, donated by H.I.S. Paint Mfg. of Oklahoma City and a stipend for supplies, funded by Public Service Company of Oklahoma to transform that community blemish over a period of a few days with just the application of FRESH PAINT and a lot of elbow grease!


Downtown Collinsville, Inc. - Winner of the
2009 Best Visual Impact Award

Keep Oklahoma Beautiful will select the winning projects from among applications submitted with digital “before” photos. All winning projects must be painted within the same 10-day span (which will include two weekends). Participants will then submit digital “after” photos showing the transformation. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful will name the one FRESH PAINT DAYS project that is judged to have made the greatest visual impact. That winning group will receive a special award during the Annual KOB Awards Recognition Event held in late fall.

 

2010 Fresh Paint Days Participants


•  19 Counties
•  20 Fresh Paint Days Participants

    • Alva Beautification Committee
    • The City of Ames
    • Atoka Main Street
    • Billings Improvement Committee
    • Arrowhead Estates - Canadian
    • Eldorado PAC
    • Frederick Chamber of Commerce
    • Freedom Chamber of Commerce
    • We Love Hollis
    • Pride In McAlester
    • Minco Chamber of Commerce
    • A More Beautiful Muskogee
    • Okemah Community Improvement Associaiton
    • Rebuilding Together OKC, Inc
    • Plaza District Association
    • Salina Area Chamber of Commerce
    • Shidler Area Chamber of Commerce
    • City of Stroud
    • Recycle OK! - Tonkawa
    • Tulsa Dream Center
    • City of Yukon

      Read About and See the Paint Transformation from 2009

      Registration for 2010 Fresh Paint Days ended July 14, 2010. 

      Selected participants will be announced the week of August 2, 2010. 

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      To read & see more about the 2009 Fresh Paint Days Paint Transformations, click here.

      Banquet Info

      Project Requirements


      • Must use only the paint provided
      • If project requires a primer - group must purchase with stipend
      • Exterior projects only (downtown buildings, residences, schools, community buildings, wood fences, walls)
      • Paint may not be used on metal structures.
      • For safety reasons, projects may not include heavy traffic areas, highways or street

      Colors


      • Selected applicants may have up to 20 gallons of exterior latex paint, supplied only in 5 gallon drums and make certain that exterior latex paint is appropriate for use on your project....most metal surfaces require primer and oil-based paint for a good result.
      • Of the colors available, as many as four different colors may be selected
      • Color chips will be posted on these pages; however, to finalize paint selections, you may request color chips to be mailed to you
      • Early birds get the colors. There will be a finite supply of each color - so the sooner you choose, the better your chance of getting the colors and amounts you want.

      Selected Projects Receive


      • Up to 20 gallons exterior latex paint
      • $75 stipend for supplies
      • Your paint delivered by KOB to locations convenient to all participants
      • News releases from KOB to your local and county media
      • Your project descriptions published to KOB website, Facebook