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Pioneer school banners...
I was a grad student at Northwestern many years ago. Evanston is a college town dominated by NU. On game days the streetlight poles featured the banners of Big 10 schools...the way flags are used on Memorial Day and July 4. It was quite festive and signaled in a very colorful way that that Saturday was a home game day for the Cats.
I can envision something similar along Stewert from Brown to Paterson...or along Paterson....or both....when the Flyers are playing at home. The effort involved on the part of the City is no more than putting out flags for the patriotic holidays.
WE want Welcome and environs to look like a college stadium. It's very hard to believe, given UD's important role and clout in the Community, that the current "use" agreement could not be modified to allow this sort of thing.
Also, as I understand it, the City benefits by having UD as a "use" partner for Welcome. Seems as if UD is in a position to dictate terms of the agreement, using as leverage a "threat" to build an on-campus facility.
UD is absolutely vital to the economic well being of Dayton. That being the case, I don't see why we are not in a position to tell the City what we want and need..and get it.
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