City looks to remove, update welcome signs

GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center City Council agreed that the aging, wooden welcome signs located at the north and east edges of town are long past due for an update, and during Monday night’s meeting, the council voted to remove the old welcome signs while they look into replacing the signs with more modern, updated ones.
 
“I think we can all agree the old signs are pretty outdated,” said Mayor Al Kiewiet. “There are service organizations on there that don’t even exist anymore, the one on the north leans, and they don’t look great. My thoughts are that we remove these and look into getting better, more modern welcome signs put in place for Grundy Center.”
 
The council unanimously agreed that the old welcome signs needed to be removed and replaced.
 
“It’s time to look at this,” Kiewiet said. “We want to step up and put ourselves above and beyond other communities, and this is a great opportunity to do that. It may cost us a little money, but with what’s being done downtown, it shows the city has an investment in trying to get people to come to town and visit our businesses.”
 
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