Below is a quick guide on the major steps in putting your Local legends Street Pole Banner Program together. It will go over major aspects of getting approval from local authorities to obtaining funding and also provide helpful resources like sample nomination forms and posters as well
Obtaining Approvals from Your City or Town for a Local legends Street Pole Banner Program
Talk to your local government about the installation of lamp post banner honoring home town heroes. You will likely require permits for the initiative and provide an overall scope of the project. You will find most cities or towns would be supportive of the idea especially if there is funding coming from other sources.
Pro tip: while talking to the City about lamp post banner permitting, also talk to them about funding or grants for the project. They municipality should be able to at least wave permit fees or even provide the banner installation onto lamp posts for your free of charge
If you're lucky the City might support the project financially, provide installation and help source Local Legends and even fold the Program into one of their existing Community initiatives
Funding Your Home Town Heroes Street Pole Banner Program
The next step is to start raising fund for your Local Legends initiative. There are many ways to approach funding, whether it’s applying for grants or approaching veterans’ organizations and even the public. See here for a guide on different potential funding sources for your Hometown Hero’s street pole banner campaign
Sourcing Nominations for Local Legends Street Pole Banners
There are a few ways to find the people whom you would like to honor. You can use social media, posters and flyers around town, newspaper and radio ads. Many media companies (newspaper and radio) will donate free ad time and also possibly do an exclusive on the project thereby providing free publicity. Encourage folks to nominate their deceased loved ones or living heroes. On your nomination forms you can also provide the option for folks to sponsor their suggestion (ie pay for the street pole banner, brackets and installation)
See our sample nomination form here
See our sample Flyer/Poster here
Order Your Local Legends Lamp Post Banners
This is the easiest step of all. Throughout the process work with your representative at the Street Pole Banner Company to determine a budget, the number of banners you need as well as hardware like banner brackets. You will receive proofs for all banners which you can then run by your banner sponsors (sponsors may be individuals, corporations, employers or granting authorities like the City), once proofs are approved your lamp post banners are put into production!
Installation of your Lamp post Banners
Installation can be coordinated with a local bucket truck company. Utility companies may offer their install services free of charge as a support to the cause. The Street Pole Banner Company can offer suggestions on qualified contractors in your area.
