A group of key nonprofits in the city banded together to replace the dilapidated “Welcome Sign” located on SH 123 on Thursday and at the same time, update their individual signs of welcome posted there.
Representatives of the Lions Club, the Rotary of San Marcos, the Freemasons and the San Marcos Kiwanis Club gathered at the sign site, materials in hand, ready to make a change in what visitors see coming into the city, but also, what is not seen: a better working relationship among these organizations. That day, each organization replaced their 30-inch disk that had faded and grown shopworn. Also on tap to be replaced was the 2-inch pipe framing that had rusted over the decades.
The sign they were getting ready to replace has helmed that location since the 1950s although no one on Thursday was quite certain how old it was and who put it up.
