Would you like to help us keep our flowers beautiful all summer? Downtown PKB is once again hosting our “Adopt-a-Pot” program. Download the form, complete it, and mail it in agreeing to sponsor (water and weed) a flower pot or group of pots from May through October. Downtown PKB will have a sign made with your name that will go in the pot.
Flowers will be planted in their pots during the clean-up day in May. Details on this day will be shared at a later time. We invite you to attend so you can plant the flowers in your pots, but if you cannot make it, we will assign the planting to a clean-up volunteer. Maintenance following the planting will be up to the sponsor.
If you are interested in adopting a pot(s), click here to complete the application.
A special thank you to our 2024 sponsors:
Downtown Hustle Energy & Nutrition | ECO USA | Girl Scout Brownie Troop 35843 | Girl Scout Troop 10471 | Morelock & Wilson Families | Parkersburg Women's Club | Public Defenders Office | The Flower Daddy | Wood County Historical Society (David Kanalz, Member) | Wood County Society | Wood County Solid Waste Authority
Adopt-a-Pot Program
Artists Alley is a vibrant initiative aimed at transforming a downtown alley into a dynamic hub of public art. This project not only enhances our community's landscape but also provides local artists with a platform to express their creativity, fostering a sense of unity and inclusivity. By showcasing diverse artistic talents, Artists Alley enriches the cultural fabric of the area and invites residents and visitors alike to experience the power of art in a shared public space.
Artists Alley
Looking for a way to give back to your community? Are you a high school or college student, business or organization looking for community service hours? We can help!
Join us at one of our clean-up days, and spend a couple of hours picking up trash and pulling weeds in downtown Parkersburg.
Clean-up days occur monthly for two hours April through November. Details on when and where we will gather will be communicated on our Facebook page (@downtownpkb). Supplies will be distributed to participants.
If you would like to volunteer, click here.
In an effort to bring more public art to Parkersburg, Downtown PKB's Arts and Culture Committee has worked with local artists to create vibrant murals (aka selfie stations) perfect for your next photo op. Placed alongside various buildings and businesses downtown, each mural brings something different to the area. There are currently seven murals scattered downtown for you to discover.
Make a day of exploring the city and go on a mural hunt! to find the locations of our murals, check out our map right here. Be sure to use #WeArePKB for a chance to be featured on our website and social media pages!
In May of 2021, light post flower baskets were added from the 300 to the 800 block of Market Street. The flower baskets bring more color to downtown and are a nice complement to our pole banners and metalwork that line the street.
The flowers are grown at Butcher Family Farm, installed in the spring, and maintained all summer through September by Greenscape Landscape. Each basket is sponsored by individuals or businesses and will include a sign with the sponsor’s name. The cost to sponsor a basket pays for the planting, watering, and maintenance of the basket.
To sponsor a basket, click here to download and print the application. Complete the application and mail it, along with your check, to Downtown PKB, PO Box 1671, Parkersburg, WV 26102.
A special thank you to our 2024 sponsors:
Atkinson Bonding | Balanced Solutions, LLC | Bernard McDonough Foundation | Blair & Kim Couch | CFI Engineering Company | City of Parkersburg | Community Bank | Conley Law Office, PLLC | Coplin Health Systems | DeBarr Trucking Co, Inc. | EPI Insulation Company | First Mutual Bank | Hall Financial Advisors | Jim Full (In Memory Of) | John & Lynn Nicholson | Kuraray America Inc. | Larry & Rachel Johnson | Lindsey & Bret Piersol | Maka Mia Pizza (Vienna) | McDonough, Eddy, Poling & Baylous, AC | McHappy's Bake Shoppe | Napoli's | MOV Insurance | Parkersburg Pride | Richard Newhart, DDS, Dental Implants | RVP Prooperties, LLC | Simmons Insurance (L. Michael Simmons) | SOS Office Furniture | St. Joseph Landing | Supporter (Anonymous) | The Bosley Companies | United Bank | Wanda & BJ Meeks (In Memory Of)
Light Post Flower Baskets
Bees, butterflies, and flowers can be seen lining the light poles up and down Market Street in downtown Parkersburg. Created by the artists of the Wood County Society’s Artbeat Studio , these bee-utiful pieces of metal artwork perfectly compliment the downtown landscape, bringing an additional element of artistic creativity and color. Each piece took an average of 14 hours each to create, including the fabrication, sanding, priming, painting, and sealing of the work to ensure durability.
This project was a collective effort of the Wood County Society Artbeat Studio, the City of Parkersburg, and Downtown PKB.
Metal Artwork
Downtown PKB’s Design Committee added decorative banners down Market Street. They serve to welcome visitors to our downtown community. The banners are changed out quarterly to freshen up Market Street and provide colorful signage to the downtown landscape.
Pole Banners
In collaboration with the Wood County Economic Development office, Downtown PKB was able to produce an Opportunity Zone Prospectus, the first of its kind in WV, to help market our (2) Opportunity Zones nationally. It consists of old projects from Parkersburg’s past that never were quite able to come to fruition, allowing us to learn how to further aid our community.
To view the prospectus, click here.
Wood County Prospectus
Thank you to our partners.
