The Village moved quickly to eradicate a large display of graffiti created on August 24. Within 36 hours, the entire street-facing wall of the beach’s public washrooms went from being covered in large, spray-painted balloon lettering back to solid green.
The village’s CAO, Linda Tynan dispatched workers immediately to repaint over the urban “artwork”. The reason for the haste was explained by Mayor Karen Hamling,
“I was very happy with how quickly we were able to respond. Graffiti needs to be covered up right away or it just invites more vandalism in the area.”
The vandalism occurred early in the morning on August 24. Police are continuing their investigation, “We believe the individuals involved are from outside of the area and have moved on so we don’t expect any more (graffiti) to occur,” said Constable Will Martin.