Cleveland is hardly the first to embrace the city name sign game (think Hollywood and Las Vegas), but the script signs, introduced by Destination Cleveland in 2016, have offered something unique for Northeast Ohio.
“The Cleveland signs have really boosted the cool-factor of Cleveland and I know the Parma sign will do the same for our community,” Parma City Council president Sean Brennan said in a statement.
Clearly, the suburbs are even noticing how the Cleveland tourism bureau’s plan worked: Instagram-obsessed visitors and residents alike have flocked to the scenic spots in droves, as any quick search shows.
Cleveland currently has six script signs, which can be found at North Coast Harbor, Tremont, Edgewater Park, The Foundry in the Flats, Euclid Beach Park and, for those who can’t wait to take a pic as soon as they land here, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
The brand new Parma sign, which was made by Signature Sign Company, the same business behind the Cleveland ones, is getting officially unveiled by the city Saturday at noon. Money for the new $15,000 sign were raised through the Parma Charitable Fund. The sign is located at Anthony Zielinski Park near the splash pad.
Get those iPhones ready.
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This article appears in May 22-28, 2019.
This is a great idea coming from a great man! Thanks for teaching me in middle school! -Gregory T.
I really wish I would get on hear and see a bunch of people complaining about Parma spending money on this sign vs parking or other weird things that people complain about in Ohio City, DT, and Tremont. Not allowed to have nice things in those parts where a lot more affluent people live, but in Parma, its like who cares. Buy a sign?
I will definitely travel to Parma more with this sign!
Yet another spot for mindless morons to take more multitudes of stupid selfies.
At least nobody will die in Parma…there’s no cliff-edge to ignore and to fall from.
SOS, you’d have to have a really long arm to take a”selfie” with yourself and this sign. Like Inspector Gadget long. Go go gadget arms.
Talk about mindless: not even understanding the difference between a photograph and a selfie. Just another negative nitwit trying to tear down even the smallest of a positive thing.
To the person complaining about the money spent. It clearly states in the article it was paid for by donations and us not funded by taxpayers.
It should say amrap, make sure you bring your white socks for the selfie.
Yet another place for idiots to stand in front of while they open their mouths and show off their lips and pearly whites and cheekbones. That vapid Miss America beauty-contest look is getting very, very old.