Uptown Columbus is now offering a program to commemorate local veterans in a colorful and vibrant way. The Veterans on Veterans Street Banner program allows families and friends of veterans to have their heroes honored with a full-color banner to be displayed on Veterans Parkway in Uptown Columbus.

The Veterans on Veterans Memorial Banner Street Program has been a success in dozens of communities. Uptown’s will honor veterans from the Columbus, Georgia, region with a full-color, heavy-duty vinyl banner that will be displayed for a full year. The program is now open for applications on a first-come-first-serve basis.

For those interested in applying, please note the following important information:

-  There are currently 69 banner spots available.

-  The cost for each banner is $150.

-  Banners will be placed on light poles on Veterans Parkway from Victory Drive to 13th

Street.

-  The service member must be retired or honorably discharged.

-  This program is open to service members that have lived in Muscogee County, Georgia,

or Russell or Lee County, Alabama (Fort Benning, GA included).

-  The banner size is 24” wide x 50” long, double-sided. The veteran's name and service

details will be displayed on the banner

-  Banners will be put up around Veterans Day each year and will hang until October of the

following year when new veterans can be honored.

-  At the end of the term, the banner will be given to the family or banner sponsor.

-  Banners are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

-  Application and payment are made at Uptown Columbus. After payment is

completed, the applicant will receive directions on how to provide information and photos for the banner.

The Veterans on Veterans Street Banner program has been developed in collaboration with Georgia Power Company and the City of Columbus. In addition, the program received a start-up donation from the Elizabeth Fry and Dupont Kirven Foundation, Inc.