A most welcome sign: outdoor vertical banners can increase parks' attendance and funding.

From: Parks & Recreation | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Lepley, Roger | Copyright information

The Welcome" is the visual image and impression of your physical environment that a visitor or passerby receives and retains. Do people notice your location enough to ask themselves, "What is that place? What's going on here? Can I go there?" Sometimes organizations take for granted that the public already knows for what uses certain parks and recreation areas are targeted. Even parks and recreation agencies that don't make that assumption often don't spend the time or money to cre...

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