Paint the Snake - Be part of the biggest Portola neighborhood project - ever!

Neighbors are about to begin work on Phase 2 of the Alemany Island Improvement Project -- painting a 49 foot tall mural of the beautiful San Francisco Garter Snake and the Mission Blue Butterfly on the freeway support at the base of San Bruno Avenue and Alemany Boulevard. We need more volunteers. Volunteers need to be at least 18 years old and unafraid of heights as the prep work and painting will be done on scaffolding. Can you help?

General painting will start Monday, September 12th and continue until the mural is completed. We are estimating that the work will be completed by the end of October.

Scaffolding will go up Wednesday, September 7th (after Labor Day) and work will begin to clean and prime the freeway column on the 8th and 9th. The transfer design will take place on the 10th and 11th of September with the actual painting beginning the next day. 

All volunteers need to attend an orientation and training workshop on Saturday, August 20th, from 10:00-12:00 noon at the San Francisco School, 300 Gaven Street, cross street: Boylston (in our neighborhood).

This project is possible through a Community Challenge Grant that depends upon neighborhood participation. The project, spearheaded by Lia Smith, will be the first freeway support mural in San Francisco and will be a very visible representation of our neighborhood pride and identity.

Contact Robert Ramirez, Program Manager, Portola Neighborhood Steering Committee (PNSC) (415) 574-9170 to volunteer or for more information

h/t Ruth Wallace