Four Trout Now Swim at 3rd & Jackson Streets in Media!

“I am Grateful for all of the local volunteers and organizations for helping create ‘Trout’, with special thanks to the Media Borough and the Media Arts Council. A traffic calming street mural, a first for myself, and my town!” Painter and naturalist Carrie Barcomb who believes Art & Nature go hand in hand … both can soothe and inspire!

Borough Council hired engineering firm Traffic Planning and Design in Fall of 2019, to work with borough staff, officials and residences to create a plan to increase safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists.

Specific project goals included: • Create safe and attractive streets for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists; • Reduce the negative effects of motor vehicles on the environment; • Mitigate the negative impacts of heavy traffic on pedestrians; • Improve the perception of safety on Media streets; • Enhance the livability of Media Borough.

The final plan was completed in December 2020. www.mediaborough.com/planning/traffic-calming-plan

One of the 2020 Traffic Calming Study’s recommendations had been to install vivid “Street Murals” in intersections where cars do not stop or speed through. The first Street Mural was painted as a community-participation project at the intersection of Third and Jackson Streets in September 2021.

Media Arts Council collaborated with Media Borough to choose a beautiful design entitled “Trout” which features four trout native to Delaware County; specifically, the Golden, Brown, Brook and Rainbow.

“Four Trout at 3rd and Jackson” by Brian Sammond, Media Arts Council #BriansSmilingPoetry The Golden Trout’s bold haughtiness shines forth from glowing gilded scales, out-shining, to his mind, the duller Brown.

But Brown Trout’s not perturbed by this – he’s proud to swim the creeks and streams, too busy swishing ’round to have a frown. The Brook Trout makes a common sight in all the brooks and streams around, and loves to swim her way from pond to creek.

The Rainbow Trout, so fanciful, just laughs beneath the flowing stream, when after rain she leaps a colored streak – her scales of rainbow colors glow, reflecting rainbows in the sky.

What makes the trout a great omen for success in business is its standing for patience. The trout symbolizes patience because of its well-known hunting method. Most trout are riverine fishes, and so they must deal with the constant flow of the river – as does their prey. However, unlike the smaller fish and invertebrates they prey on, the trout waits patiently in the pockets of low flow along the banks. There, the fish waits for its prey to go by and pounces.

The behavior pattern of the trout represents an important lesson for those trying to succeed in business: be diligent, be patient, but most of all, be opportunistic! •