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By Shaun Penner

Entrance Features

City of Grande Prairie looking for ideas for new entrance signs

Apr 19, 2019 | 7:00 AM

Residents of the Swan City can have their say on new entrance signs to the city, as the City of Grande Prairie has established a survey that welcomes ideas and suggestions of what the new signs should look like for the North and West gateways to the city, as well as the new sign to downtown.

The survey, which is available on the city’s engagement website until May 3, allows residents to post what Grande Prairie means to them and what they think should be featured on the signs.

The city is wanting to upgrade the current signs, as they are rather dated and are in need of a makeover.

“The general consensus is that they no longer reflect where the city is, at this point in time,” said Senior Executive Advisor for the City Candace Bilodeau. “The city has grown quite substantially; our character has changed, and I think we would like to have the opportunity to reflect that accurately.”

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The ideas the city receives from residents will then be used to frame the Request for Proposal for city council to review and vote on. Bilodeau is hoping to have that RFP finalized soon after the survey closes, so work can begin in a timely manner.

The city has already allocated $150,000 under its capital budget for the project at the North and West gateways to the city. At a Community Living Committee meeting last week, the Downtown Association asked the city for a portion of those funds to put a new welcome sign along 99 Avenue, in which they provided their own design concept to the committee.

However, if there is an aspiring designer or artist in the community that would like to share their design for any of the new signs, the city is accepting those on the site.

“You are able to upload a photo or a file. So, if anybody has any ideas they would like to jot down (they can do that). We have also reached out to GPRC to see if there are some art students that would like to submit some ideas of their own,” explained Bilodeau.

Though there are many details to be worked out, Bilodeau says she is wanting the new signs to be in place by the end of 2019.