GOOD TO KNOW
Keep America Beautiful’s Graffiti Hurts® program states that graffiti is the most common type of property vandalism and that graffiti removal requires a large amount of a municipality’s budget.
GOOD TO DO
Keep America Beautiful’s Graffiti Hurts® program has 12 tips for graffiti prevention:
- Encourage citizen reporting
- Keep up the neighborhood
- Remove graffiti promptly
- Enforce anti-graffiti laws
- Educate youth
- Use an “adopt-a-spot” program
- Create a paintbrush mural
- Change the environment
- Employ graffiti resistant surfaces
- Monitor graffiti-prone locations
- Employ curfews
- Provide alternatives
