Street art to brighten Crown Hill

The Crown Hill Business Association has received a $3,000 grant to paint signal control boxes at five intersections in Crown Hill. Signal control boxes are the big gray boxes that sit at every signalized intersection. Catherine Weatbrook with the CHBA made the announcement at the last Ballard District Council meeting, saying that each box is about an 80 square foot canvas for an artist to work with. Each of the murals will “reflect some aspect that is specific to Crown Hill,” Weatbrook told the group. Examples she gave were the 13 natural ravines, the old orchards, the history of the area in logging and the village. The CHBA is still deciding on artists.