City will pay to relocate ‘welcome sign’

The city of Coeur d’Alene decided earlier this week that it will pay to relocate the 20-year-old “welcome sign” near Memorial Field. Previously, the city’s parks director, Bill Greenwood, told The Press the city didn’t have the budget to move the sign, so it was planning to dismantle the sign and store it until someone came forward to finance the relocation. “The comments made by Greenwood were his own words,” said Coeur d’Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer in an interview on Friday. “It is the city project that requires the relocation, so it’s only fair that the city pay to relocate it.” Still, members of the Coeur d’Alene Highway ID Sign Committee say they should be included in the discussions and decisions that are made regarding the sign/ Jeff Selle , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .