Many residents have recently discovered that on the right side of main road at the north gate of Lane 315 Wudong Road, a whole wall has greatly enhanced its "face value", as a landscape for entering and exiting the residential quarter.
This wall was originally shared by Wujiaochang Sub-District Cultural Garden Yuan Zhong Yuan and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press, but due to its hidden location, this enclosing wall, nearly 100 meters long, lacked repair for many years, and many plasters have fallen off, plus various small advertisements blotting out the sky and earth. Residents nearby said, "I feel uncomfortable when seeing this wall." In order to further beautify the community environment, in June this year, the Cultural Garden Neighborhood Committee decided to renovate it.
Wall surface renovation, how to do? It is too monotonous to paint directly into a white wall, whether to paint graffiti on the wall is feasible... Throughout this renovation, the Cultural Garden Neighborhood Committee always regarded resident's voluntary participation in the whole process as a basic principle, to fully solicit their opinions before renovation, and after confirmation by the Resident Council, decided to carry out wall graffiti color painting, with draft design conducted by the undergraduate students majoring in Printing Art at the Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, and community kids responsible for coloring.
Recently, the reporter saw on the wall graffiti color painting event site that more than 20 kids dressed in uniform green T-shirts and aprons were acting by groups, holding paintbrushes in hand, showing off their skills and adding bright colors to the wall. "Wear apron, don't drip the paint on your clothes." "It's a little bit cooler here, come here to paint"...Beside the children, there was a group of "guardians" in green vests. "Many children join in the activity and they are also young, so that they need volunteers to escort. 10 volunteers present came from regional benevolent enterprises and entities, as the society and enterprises join hands to dress up the home together." said Zhou Fan, Secretary General of Wujiaochang Sub-District Foundation.
The reporter noticed that this good-neighborly wall called "Colors Beautify Every Heartland" was composed of 16 wall spaces with different themes, including child-friendly community, environmental protection, garbage classification, diligence, thrift and so forth, all presented with slogan + comics, as a new field for community culture promotion.
Zhou Fan revealed to the reporter that the Cultural Garden Neighborhood Committee would further listen to opinions of residents at all ages, plant greening under the good-neighborly wall, and embark on a series of community micro-updating tasks such as overhead wire renovation, exterior air conditioner beautification, street lamp installation and road maintenance, to create a more comfortable and tidy living environment for residents. The entire micro-updating work is forecast to complete by the end of this year.
