Montpelier Floods the Streets with Art for July flood anniversary [Video]

PEOPLE WERE PACKING MONTPELIER TODAY FOR WHAT WAS áSUPPOSED TO BE A CITY- WIDE FESTIVAL COMMEMORATING LAST SUMMER’S JULY FLOOD. BUT IT WAS THEN TURNED INTO A FESTIVAL TO HELP THIS SUMMER’S FLOOD VICTIMS. NBC 5’S SID BEWLAY WAS IN MONTPELIER TODAY. AND HAS MORE ON THE BLOCK PARTY TURNED BENEFIT. <TODDLER DRAWING WITH CHALK > ALL DAY ON WEDNESDAY — PEOPLE CAME TO VERMONT’S CAPITAL CITY, TO FLOOD THE STREETS WITH CHALK ART. <10:42:44:03> <AMY PITTON, MONTPELIER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER; “I’M HOPING THAT THEY SEE COLOR, THAT THEY SEE HOPE. THAT THEY SEE SIGNS OF RESILIENCE. THAT WE’RE GOING TO THEY SEE SIGNS OF RESILIENCE. THAT WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT, OUT OF THIS. I HOPE PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED.”> THE EVENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE JULY ’23 FLOOD, BUT WAS POSTPONED AS HEAVY RAINS FELL AGAIN. NOW — THE CELEBRATION HAS TURNED INTO A FUNDRAISER, …