Getting rid of Welcome to Kelowna sign

[monroe]

I suspect monroe meant so it seen while walking along waterfront in Kelowna i.e Penticton sign

Yes, i think that would look the best.

[Fancy]

Except it's not part of Kelowna - be kinda weird.

[monroe]

Except it's not part of Kelowna - be kinda weird.

I dont think it would change the look though - and im not sure tourists would be concerned with technicalities.

[Fancy]

The City of Kelowna would not want to pay another jurisdiction to put up another Welcome sign - doesn't make sense.

[Barney Google]

Maybe Kelowna doesn't want to 'welcome' people to our fine City...lol

"Get out, stay out and don't come back"...lol

[monroe]

The City of Kelowna would not want to pay another jurisdiction to put up another Welcome sign - doesn't make sense.

Im not sure about that. They may feel the payoff with regards to the type of exposure, is worth it.

...ive seen billboards set up here by many other jurisdictions, states, provinces, etc in past, from Osoyoos to Las Vegas.

It pays to advertise.

[Fancy]

Advertise yes but putting up a sign that says "Welcome to Kelowna" in another jurisdiction could easily confuse people.

[Symbonite]

out of towners already get West Kelowna confused with Kelowna...

[Fancy]

People living on the Westside get confused never mind out of towners.

[MAPearce]

People living on the Westside get confused never mind out of towners.

and that's NOT a good thing...

[Even Steven]

Should get rid of it completely.

I don't feel welcome here.

False advertising.

[Always Sunny]

I drive by the sign 5 days a week. I have lived here for 49 years. I didn't even know there was an Ogopogo statue in front of it until I saw the article in castanet. I wont miss it. I don't think a new sign needs to be installed. The city will probably install something ridiculous like the pile a scrap iron at the east end of bridge or like the Dolphins down town. People, there are no dolphins in our lake. What are they supposed to represent anyways? Oh well. Cant wait to see what the city forces us to use as a sign this time. Barf..........

Apparently the ogopogo as well as 3 of the 5 welcome flags (different languages) were removed sometime in the 90s.

[southy]

I'm from the South - where is that sign above located with regard to Rutland? Close or far away - I can't recall.

[60-YEARS-in-Ktown]

Just north of the Reids corner intersection on 97.

[monroe]

Advertise yes but putting up a sign that says "Welcome to Kelowna" in another jurisdiction could easily confuse people.

I wasnt really talking about a "Welcome" sign per se but rather a Hollywood style setup so that we could better project the glitzy, glamoury image for which we have created.

...besides, by the time you saw the glitzy Kelowna sign shining down on you from the bluffs, youd already be well passed any "welcome sign".

Welcome signs are so patronizing anyway. Once the tourist himself lands in town and reads the local online chatter, he'll soon realize no one really wanted him clogging up their town in the first place.