Dear Editor: 

On Friday, Sept. 30 during the Cottage Grove Art Walk, the first annual Cottage Grove Chalk Fest filled the sidewalks with chalk art. 

Thank you to the volunteers and to all the businesses who donated prizes.

It was very hard to choose just one or two artists from the 37 but here are the favorites!

Under 18

Kadence Solesbee

Loriana Yanez-Welch

Quinn Green

Karsyn Ross

Piper Ervin

Corey L. Martin

Bea Laub

Over 18

Kathryn Noel

Kenneth Dustin Kimball

Karen Thomas Neato

Carmen Dowell

Tabu Lain

Noelle Ervin

Tattoo Novelle

Terena Wood and Joel Stubblefield

Michele Rose, Cottage Grove