DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ANNOUNCES FREE GRAFFITI REMOVAL VOUCHER PROGRAM

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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ANNOUNCES FREE GRAFFITI REMOVAL VOUCHER PROGRAM

(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works announced September 7 its Graffiti Removal Voucher Program for District residents and business owners whose property has been defaced by graffiti. Beginning Monday, September 10, they may call the Citywide Call Center at 202.727.1000 to obtain a voucher to be redeemed at McCormick Paints located at 15^th and P Streets, NW and Duron Paints located at 14^th and Clifton Streets, NW.

The paint store will match the color of the paint of the property and will provide property owners with paint, primer, a brush, roller, pan, drop cloth and graffiti scrubs free of charge.

The voucher program is part of Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s aggressive graffiti abatement plan, announced in June 2007, which will allow the city to remove graffiti on private property more quickly and help property owners remove graffiti themselves.

“Offering property owners the voucher for paint and other materials is a fast way to remove graffiti, which is a rising problem in our city,” said DPW Director William O. Howland, Jr. “The voucher program also will relieve some of the financial burden that causes residential and business property owners to delay removing the graffiti themselves. Not only will this program help to keep our city cleaner, it will help us keep it safer.”

For more information, or to receive a graffiti removal voucher, call the Citywide Call Center at 202.727.1000. Property owners should expect to receive the voucher within five days of making the request, and they will need to sign the voucher when they redeem it at the paint store.

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Linda Grant

Public Information Officer

DC Department of Public Works

2000 14th Street, NW, 6th Floor

Washington, DC 20009

202/671-2375/desk

202/497-1080/cell

202/671-0642/fax

www.dpw.dc.gov