With a couple sources of grant funding now in their pocket, the Guthrie Center Sign Committee is looking forward to continuing work on their town entrance sign project.

The committee recently secured $3,500 from the Keep Iowa Beautiful program and $4,000 from the Guthrie County Community Foundation, which committee member Dennis Flanery says helps to account for about half of the amount needed to complete the project.

But, Flanery says the project also required some donations from other community organizations.

“Local donations from different community groups–the City of Guthrie Center and some other organizations… our development group, our Lions Club, our Chamber of Commerce… I know I’m missing a couple in there but those were all key players that stepped up to help with the signs.”

As we’ve previously reported, each of the remaining three town entrance signs yet to be installed will be identical to the new sign on the east side of Guthrie.

With the installation projects scheduled to be on-going all summer, Flanery describes what it’s been like to be part of the new sign process.

“To see everybody come together for this… they recognize the importance of the signs, and that they’ll be there for a long period of time.  (They’re) also the first impression that people have when they enter our community.  We think it is important that as people enter Guthrie Center, they can see what town they’re entering.”

Flanery says the next sign installation will be on the south side of town, and he anticipates that happening at the end of this month or early June.  He then hopes to see the west side sign installed in July, and the north side sign installed by September.