Bangor Beautiful Inc.

Bangor Beautiful is collaborating with Maine Audubon to transform an ugly cement retaining wall on Broadway in Bangor through 5 murals of birds and their habitat by Alison Ross of Eastport, additional smaller murals by art students from Bangor and Brewer High Schools, and the planting of native gardens. This project will make a huge impact on a very busy and visible place in Bangor.

The Location

The mural and native plants will be located on the Family Dollar Retaining Wall on Broadway. This very busy and visible intersection is seen by over 10,000 people per day (Maine DOT, 2023 Traffic Data).

The Artist

Alison Brynn Ross is an artist, designer, and muralist based in downeast Maine. Please visit her website to learn more !

Why birds?

North America has lost 3 billion birds since 1970 primarily due to habitat loss (Science, 2019).

This project will help people connect the existence of 5 iconic Maine birds to the existence of their critical habitats. The native plantings will serve as an example and encourage citizens to plant native plants to create more of that necessary habitat.

Every contribution, no matter how small, plays a vital role in helping us achieve our goal. Join us in supporting this project and let’s work together to create a more beautiful Bangor for everyone!

Bangor Beautiful, a local nonprofit formed in 2022 to beautify Bangor, is focusing our efforts on 3 exciting projects planned for Hammond Street this summer as part of what we're calling a "Beautification Blitz", and we need your support to make it a reality!

Beginning in May, we are planting 17 street trees on Hammond St. at the intersections of Ohio, Clinton, and High Streets. This diverse selection of native tree varieties will create beauty, enhance safety, and contribute to a healthier community.

In June, we are collaborating with Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness to create Bangor's first asphalt art mural on Hammond St. near the Wabanaki Youth and Cultural Center. This project will add vibrant indigenous art to the asphalt and increase pedestrian safety near Main Street up to the Post Office. The artwork will depict the Penobscot flowing down from Katahdin to the ocean with native plants and animals along the way.

Lastly, starting this June, we are commissioning of Jared Goulette, also known as The Color Wizard, to create the Spring Woods Mural. This stunning 2-story mural on 116 Hammond St. will be Bangor's first spray paint mural and celebrate Maine's natural beauty, featuring native flora and fauna. You can become a sponsor of this project at

Your support in any form, whether financial or through spreading awareness, would greatly contribute to the success of these initiatives. Together, we can make Hammond Street and Bangor a more vibrant and welcoming place for all.

-Bangor Beatiful

Bangor Beautiful and Bangor Greendrinks are bringing a 3-story bee-themed mural to Downtown Bangor this June and we need your help to make it happen!

The mural will be part of the Good of the Hive, a global art project by Matthew Willey with the mission of raising awareness for the global decline in the bee population by hand painting over 50,000 honey bees, the number present in a healthy hive.

The artist has painted bee murals all over the world including at the Smithsonian in an effort to “ignite radical curiosity and active engagement around planetary health issues through art, bees and storytelling.”

The mural will be installed on a large, blank, wall at 47 Park Street (Pepinos Mexican Restaurant) in the Heart of Downtown Bangor next to Bangor City Hall. It will be Bangor's largest mural and will help to spur the creation of more public art and larger-scale murals in Bangor. Visit our website to learn more or follow us on social media @BangorBeautiful.

Any donation would be greatly appreciated as we work to fundraise the final portion of the artist's commission. Help us beautify Bangor by investing in public art!

“Bees never forget that they are part of something bigger than themselves… their hive is a part of them. What if we embodied this idea? What if we got curious about the world and each other again instead of intimidated by it? This is why I turn walls into windows – to remember that we are all connected… that separation is an illusion.”

-Artist, Matt Willey

Bangor Beautiful Inc. is a charitable 501(c)(3) tax-exemption organization (EIN 92-0296801). Donations made to Bangor Beautiful are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. No goods or services were provided by this organization in exchange for your support.