Ferdinand Town Manager teams with 8-year-old to create welcome signs

Ferdinand Town Manager Marc Steczyk and an 8-year-old Ferdinand Elementary student are chairing a special committee to design new welcome signs for the community.

The town was recently contacted by Kasady Anderson about adding welcome signs on the north and south sides of the town. According to Kasady mom, she pointed out the fact that Ferdinand lacked signs that actually said “Welcome to Ferdinand.” The two drove out to check out the existing signs to verify and afterwards contacted the city about the issue.

On Tuesday night the Town Council set up the committee to oversee the design of the new signs.

Steczyk stated his first step is to speak with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) about specifications for the signs and then they will begin plans for a design contest for Ferdinand Elementary School students.

This story was compiled from reports by WITZ News Director Jim O’Neal.