Fresh Paint Days

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. Coatings 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!

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 30-day span. Participants will then submit digital “after” photos showing the transformation.

NEW for 2013- We're Going Social! The winner of this year's Best Visual Impact Award will be selected by the public during KOB's "Communities Primed for Change" contest. This social media contest will highlight Fresh Paint Days before & after photos by posting them to KOB's Facebook contest page. The public will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite transformation. The finalists will be named prior to the annual Environmental Excellence Awards Celebration, but the winner won't be revealed until that exciting evening at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

2012 Fresh Paint Days Participants

• 16 Counties
• 20 Fresh Paint Days Participants

Ada Main Street Ardmore Beautification Council Main Street Altus Girl Scouts of Western OK - Alva Atoka Main Street Bartlesville Redevelopment Authority Bethany Improvement Foundation Town of Cashion Gettin' Home LLC - Helena Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce	Miami Main Street Main Street Pauls Valley Main Street of Perry Pride In McAlester Women's Outreach of Hope - Pryor Seminole Main Street Sulphur Main Street Watonga Chamber of Commerce Town of Hennessey Woodward Main Street

Read About and See the Paint Transformation from 2010

-- 2013 Deadline - July 31 --

2013 Important Dates:

June 7 - Applications Available
July 31 - Applications Due
August 7 - Participants Announced
August 31 - Paint Delivered
October 5 - After Pictures Due
October 15-21 - Public Voting Window
October 30 - Finalist for Best Visual Impact Award Announced
November 19 - Winner of Best Visual Impact Announced During KOB's Environmental Excellence Awards Celebration

To read & see more about the 2010 Fresh Paint Days Paint Transformations, click here.

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

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