GOSHEN—It’s going to be a more musical and colorful summer this year in Goshen.
Mayor Kyle Roddey, along with a host of art organizations in the area, are working on creating a Sidewalk Chalk Festival to coincide with the unveiling of the public street pianos called the “Keys of Goshen“ project.
Roddey said he got the idea while working as director at the Goshen day camp where a colleague did a sidewalk chalk challenge with the kids. While he was thinking about taking the idea village-wide, a resident sent him a video of a similar festival in New Paltz.
“Great minds think alike,” Roddey said. “They have done something similar in Sugar Loaf, I believe in Newburgh as well. So it’s not a unique concept, but I’m hoping we can really make it a huge, community-wide event here.”
People of all ages and artistic abilities will be invited downtown on June 11 to leave their mark on a section of sidewalk, an area that will be assigned at registration. Roddey said the events is free, but people will be asked to bring their own chalk.
“We'll also hopefully get some chalk donated from businesses,” he said.
