The South Cape Banner Program is now a citywide program run by the city\u2019s Office of Communication and Marketing.<\/p>\n
Cape Coral City Council approved the reconfigured program Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Councilmember Laurie Lehmann, who pulled the enabling resolution and voted against it, said she feels the program is a frivolous expenditure.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we need flags and banners down Cape Coral to be changed three, or four times a year,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are trying to pull the belt in and not expend extravagantly. I think this is a prime example of what can be pulled back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assistant to the City Manager Maureen Bice said the Banner Program changed to a city program from a South Cape Community Redevelopment Agency program after City Council elected to follow the recommendation of making it a city-wide initiative.<\/p>\n
The Banner Program funding was set at $214,896.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cost has not changed. It still requires multiple staff members, a lift truck. There is no change in the individual cost to put up or take it down,\u201d Bice said.<\/p>\n
She said the additional cost would be for any banners needed.<\/p>\n
The tentative schedule for 2026 is a city-focused message, awards\/accolades in January and February; Cape Coral business promo \u2014 Walk\/Shop\/Talk Cape in March and April; patriotic\/America 250 in May, June, July and August; fall in September and October and holiday for November and December. <\/p>\n