An Orlando restaurateur on Monday turned over 49 parking spots outside her eatery for artists to color as a protest against a state mandate removing rainbow-colored crosswalks and other art on Florida streets, including one outside the LGBTQ-friendly nightclub where 49 people were killed in 2016.
Se7en Bites owner Trina Gregory said she received 1,000 applications for the event dubbed “Parking Space for Pride — A Rainbow Connection,” after she put out word that the parking spaces would be open for coloring as a salute to diversity and artistic expression. The parking spots are on private property and not under government control.
