Dear editor:

We are writing to express our thoughts around what we read in your paper several weeks about a proposal for a rainbow crosswalk in Old Town.

We understand that this is a contentious issue. 

As NOTL residents, we want to present a fresh idea to possibly replace the rainbow crosswalk with a rainbow garden of some kind.

This would help celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Including a rainbow of colours in the garden where people can appreciate and admire the beauty of colours – and represent the LBGTQ+ community and diversity as a whole. 

Perhaps there could be a small plaque with an explanation of the garden and what it represents.

To keep costs low (for the town and taxpayers), the garden could be incorporated into an existing or future public garden.

We feel this idea is one that would unite people as opposed to dividing them as anyone can appreciate the beauty and harmony of a garden. 

Such a garden would help to better represent the diversity of the Niagara-on-the-Lake community. 

Karen Brown

Shirley Edwards

NOTL