Public Invited To Design, Install Mural On Schuylkill River Trail

POTTSTOWN, PA — A portion of the Schuylkill River Trail in Pottstown will be transformed into a work of art, and the public is invited to help complete the installation.

The project, organized by the Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area, is similar to a project on the Charlotte, North Carolina Rail Trail. The mural will be designed by public input and finalized by local artist Jody Wenzel. It will be placed on the RiverWalk section of the trail at Riverfront Park in Pottstown,in front of the pollinator garden and near the park's amphitheater.

Wenzel, who has already designed several other pieces of art along the Schuylkill River Trail, said that art has an important place as it merges with educational material and the natural environment.

“It helps to engage new audiences,” she said. “It’s another approach to convey information in a way that’s visual and relatable.”

RiverWalk is a looped path filled with interpretative signs with information about local birds, the woodlands, the Schuylkill watershed, and more.

Public meetings to help design the mural will take place on from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 7 at First Presbyterian Church in Pottstown. A second meeting is set at the same time on March 20 at Art Fusion 19464 in Pottstown.

The installation will take place on April 27.