Forward Pinellas Announces Safe Streets Art Contest

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — Calling artists of all ages. Forward Pinellas needs your help to design artwork for the Safe Streets Pinellas Action Plan. Now through Aug. 31, create and submit your artwork depicting what #SafeStreets means to you. “Safe Streets Pinellas” is our Vision Zero initiative to work toward our ultimate goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on our streets.

“In 2020, we’ve already seen 50 people lose their lives on our roadways. Everyone in Pinellas County should be able to walk, bike, take public transit and drive on streets that are safe. No one should be killed on our roadways. The Safe Streets Art Contest is a chance for artists of every age to help bring awareness and promote ideas to make our streets safer for everyone,” says Whit Blanton, Forward Pinellas executive director.

The winner’s art will be featured on the cover of the Safe Streets Pinellas Action Plan and the winner will receive a prize. All eligible artwork submissions will be featured in the Safe Streets Pinellas Action Plan or on the Safe Streets Pinellas Website. The first 20 submissions will also receive prizes.

Submit artwork online at bit.ly/SSPArtContestForm.

Artwork can include a drawing, painting, photo, computer graphic, or other piece of art and should display original ideas that reflect the concepts associated with Safe Streets Pinellas and Vision Zero efforts.

Have you taken the pledge toward zero yet? Click here to take the Safe Streets Pledge.

This press release was produced by Forward Pinellas. The views expressed here are the author's own.