Free walls are a real solution to graffiti, and Redmond is ahead of Seattle.

Instead of spending $6 million a year in tax payers dollars painting over city park walls, maybe we could do what Redmond does and have at least one or two walls in parks dedicated as “free walls”

One in Cal Anderson and one in Judkins.

Then City Council members wouldn’t have to show up to bless some graffiti as “valid”, and we could put some of that abatement money to other uses

https://www.redmond.gov/2043/Edge-Skate-Park-Graffiti-Walls

“Graffiti art has been painted on the “Free Walls” of Redmond’s downtown Edge Skate Park from the day it was dedicated, over 15 years ago. Anyone is free to paint graffiti on the walls. These walls are special not only for their art, but for mitigating unwanted graffiti tags from migrating into the skate arena itself.”