Residents of Dawson Creek, B.C. keep repainting the crosswalk whenever it gets vandalized 🌈
One resident donated a trail camera to help monitor the crosswalk and deter future vandalism, while another whose apartment overlooks the area volunteered to keep it on their balcony. Mackay said various businesses have been flying rainbow flags to show their support for the city’s LGBTQ community in the face of the vandalism.
Dawson Creek mayor Dale Bumstead says he’s proud of the community for bouncing back time and time again. “It’s just heartening in one way to see the community come together and it’s a little disheartening when you see people in the world today take that kind of approach to vandalizing these messages in our community that are so positive in my view,” he told HuffPost.
People we didn’t even know were supporters of ours had already gone out to start repainting and working with the city to get the paint and get it all done.Bumstead said events like the original vandalism can add to the perception that smaller cities or rural areas aren’t accepting of everyone. But both he and Mackay said the solidarity around the crosswalk and recent rallies in support of Black Lives Matter show Dawson Creek is a progressive place.
“Community is about all of us and I often say that a city isn’t a piece of paper in a mayor’s desk drawer,” he said. “People are proud of our community because it is the people of our community that are pulling together to try to push that bar higher every day.”
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