Cherry Street Crosswalk

When you think of Macon, you think of Cherry Street —a busy stretch of downtown lined with some of our best-loved restaurants and home to our annual cherry blossom festival. The mid-street crosswalk in front of Macon’s most popular restaurant, The Rookery, is one of the busiest in the city! Until recently, this crosswalk was easy for cars to miss because it lacks a traffic signal. Cars would roll through instead of yielding to pedestrians.

Through the Bike Walk Macon Love Your Street Project, I designed and painted a uniquely Macon street mural that drastically increased visibility of this crosswalk. Leading a team of 60 local volunteer painters, I transformed the gray asphalt into a colorful and eye-catching piece of art that made the crosswalk pop for motorists and pedestrians alike. The mural adds excitement and identity to the neighborhood and represents a critical investment in public safety.

By making the crosswalk safer, we showed that Macon  values pedestrians. Research shows that both locals and tourists alike spend more time downtown and support the local economy if it is safe for bicyclists and pedestrians. The response from our business community has been overwhelmingly positive, with many sharing their excitement for the mural on social media!