The “Creative Cans In the Sand” initiative, recently organized by Cocoa Beach area realtors Bobby Freeman and his wife Nikki, has a new snappy logo designed by Billy McGuire, above left, of A1A Sign Wave in Cocoa Beach. McGuire has been making signs and designing logos for more than 24 years. He also serves on the Cocoa Beach Waterways & Wildlife Advisory Board which is comprised of citizens who voluntarily devote their time and talents to the management and safety of the City waterways and wildlife. (McGuire image by Ray Baldino)
Beautifully Painted Trash Cans Will Encourage Beach-Goers To Clean Up Area Beaches
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The “Creative Cans In the Sand” initiative, recently organized by Cocoa Beach area Realtors Bobby Freeman and his wife Nikki, has a new snappy logo.
The “Creative Cans In the Sand” program has been enthusiastically endorsed and embraced by many volunteers, local artists, businesses and local government. The media has also shown an interest as Local 6’s Tee Taylor interviews co-founder Nikki Freeman about Creative Cans In the Sand. (SpaceCoastDaily.com image)
The program is now being enthusiastically endorsed and embraced by many volunteers, local artists, businesses – and the City of Cocoa Beach has expressed their intent to help out in any way possible.
“The Creative Cans In The Sand” project would like to extend a special thank you to Billy McGuire of A1A Sign Wave in Cocoa Beach for creating our logo and donating the stencils used to help spread our messages on soon-to-be- artistically painted trash cans along our beaches,” said Nikki Freeman.
McGuire has been making signs and designing logos for more than 24 years. He also serves on the Cocoa Beach Waterways & Wildlife Advisory Board which is comprised of citizens who voluntarily devote their time and talents to the management and safety of the city waterways and wildlife.
“I’m very happy to be part of anything that involves keeping our beaches clean,” said McGuire. “I live two blocks from the beach, I work two blocks from the beach, I love the beach and I don’t think anybody likes a dirty beach.”
Bobby Freeman
McGuire and his A1A Sign Wave has also donated their talents to the Surfrider Foundation, National Kidney Foundation, Keep Brevard Beautiful and local schools – as well as many others.
“Anyone looking for original and creative signage, banners, logos, t-shirts and vehicle wraps should call A1A Sign Wave,” said Bobby Freeman.
Hundreds of thousands visit our beaches regularly, unfortunately some of them leave more than their footprints behind.
Ben Malik
“Our beach is our greatest resource and we must preserve and maintain it for the benefit of all our residents and visitors,” said Ben Malik Cocoa Beach City Commissioner.
“This will be a great project for the entire community to get involved in to raise awareness to please keep our beaches clean.”
The Creative Cans In the Sand mission is to help encourage beach-goers to dispose of their trash responsibility, and with the hopes that the more noticeable artistically painted cans will result in a cleaner, more litter-free beach.
Tony Sasso
“Anything that involves kids, art and beautification I think is a great idea,” said Tony Sasso, Executive Director of Keep Brevard Beautiful.
“Keep Brevard Beautiful is definitely behind this great effort,” said Sasso.
Organizers are now working out the details and are asking the community for their ideas on the messages on the trash cans.
Some of the slogans that have been suggested so far include “Respect Our Beach,” “Footprints Only, Trash Goes Here,” and “Please Help Keep Our Beach Clean.”
Please leave your ideas and feedback as a comment below, and for more information e-mail Freeman at mccoyfreemangroup@gmail.com
Our beaches in Brevard are beautiful and “Creative Cans In the Sand” is determined to keep them that way. These plain trash cans will be transformed by local artist into works of art that will encourage people to keep our beaches clean and attractive. (Image for SpaceCoastDaily.com)
