welcome - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T20:04:37Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/welcomeHighland Beach: Town plans to install new welcome signs on A1Ahttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/highland-beach-town-plans-to-install-new-welcome-signs-on-a1a2022-06-01T15:21:17.000Z2022-06-01T15:21:17.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10530602690,RESIZE_930x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10530602690,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="10530602690?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></strong><em>The wooden signs are rotting and ‘beyond repair,’ Vice Mayor Natasha Moore says. The town intends to solicit residents’ ideas for a new design. <strong>Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p>
<p><strong>By Rich Pollack</strong></p>
<p>They are the first things motorists entering Highland Beach see — either from the north or the south — but the town’s entry signs are no longer very inviting. <br />“They’re made of wood and they are rotting,” Vice Mayor Natasha Moore said. “They are beyond repair.” <br />Armed with a budget of as much as $75,000 for each of the gateway signs, town officials are in the process of coming up with replacements — and they want residents to help. <br />As early as this month the town will put out a request to residents for design ideas on what the signs should look like. <br />While some of the nitty- gritty details still need to be worked out, the town hopes that residents will either sketch out a design idea or take a photo of a sign that might serve as a model for the new town signs and send it in. <br />Moore, who is leading the effort, says the tentative plan is to have commissioners look over the submissions, narrow them down to a reasonable number and then put the choice out to residents for a vote. <br />The person who submits the winning design, Moore said, will get bragging rights and most likely recognition on or beside each new entry sign. <br />Moore and other commission members see the contest as a way to continue strengthening relationships between the town and the community. <br />“The goal of the project is to replace the signs and to encourage residents to be a part of the process,” she said. “We value resident input and we want to be in partnership with them.” <br />The contest, she said, is at least partially in response to feedback from residents following a March referendum where some in town said they wanted to have more involvement in community decisions.<br />Moore said she is hoping residents embrace the idea of a contest and come up with ideas that can be developed. <br />“You don’t have to be a graphic designer,” she said, adding that ideas can be submitted either electronically or on paper. <br />Some ideas, she said, could come from signs residents see during summer travel, even overseas.<br />The chosen design, Moore said, could also be used as part of the signage in front of Town Hall. <br />“I think the signs are important to residents,” she said. “They’re a reflection of our town and they set a tone for people coming into town.” </p></div>Celebrations: Welcome back - Crown Colony Club, Ocean Ridge — Jan. 15https://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/celebrations-welcome-back-crown-colony-club-ocean-ridge-jan-152020-01-28T21:12:42.000Z2020-01-28T21:12:42.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960924470,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960924470,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960924470?profile=original" /></a><em>Organizers of the breakfast (l-r) Gloria Sumerville, Lineen Nickel, Jeanne Visentin, Gail Greene and Martha Lowther. <strong>Photos provided</strong></em></p>
<p>Crown Colony Club had a welcome-back breakfast to meet and greet old-timers and introduce new residents. There was an air of camaraderie as everyone enjoyed homemade baked goodies and sipped coffee.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960924687,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960924687,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960924687?profile=original" /></a><em> Keith and Patty Bartlett. <strong>Photos provided</strong></em></p></div>