Have you seen the blue trees?

Sacramento is known as "the city of trees," but recently we've become the city of blue trees. Twenty trees near the Convention Center have been painted bright blue from trunk to limb by Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos and local volunteers. The project has visited four other cities across the globe and began locally with the "Why Not Here?" column of Sactown magazine's June/July issue (go team!), quickly gaining momentum when the Sacramento Tree Foundation raised $25,000 in just a week's time to make it happen. But it doesn't just look really cool --like a page from a Dr. Suess book-- it serves a purpose. Read why HERE.

I walked by last week when the painting was just getting started and saw locals and tourists alike strolling by, scratching their heads and coming up to volunteers to ask, "what's going on here?" It's a project that instantly spurs curiosity and has caught the attention of the Sacramento Bee, the SF Chronicle and Fox40. The paint will only last several months, so go check it out now!