On Saturday, April 12th, Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado announced their new entrance sign at their Plaza in Spring Canyon Park (2626 W. Horsetooth Road) in Fort Collins. The Plaza had an unveiling ceremony to dedicate their new entrance sign which included Fort Collins City & Larimer County personnel, sign donators, sign vendors, selected media, various local veteran organizations, and Veterans Plaza personnel in the ceremony. Multiple awards will be given to various donors and vendors!
Veterans Plaza President Gary Ricker with Larimer County Commissioners
The entrance sign has been planned for several years after receiving multiple donations noted below. Veterans Plaza President Gary Ricker explained, “Veterans Plaza is proud to announce our new entrance sign to promote our plaza for all veterans and visitors in Northern Colorado.
Besides our new sign, we have two TV monitors that display many veterans’ names involved in the different conflicts and information on our plaza. We offer 10 events each year with our most popular event during the Memorial weekend showing the traveling Vietnam Wall on May 21-26 with guest speaker Army General Art Dillon at our Sunday ceremony at noon on May 25 at the plaza!
Thanks to donations & services from Arkins Park Stone Quarry, Budweiser of Fort Collins, City of Fort Collins Parks Dept. & Sign Dept, Designs by Ricker, e3 Signs, Fort Collins Gives, Fort Collins Community Foundation, Larimer County Commissioners, Ryan Hurley Designs, Solsauna Designs, SRM Concrete, & The Rock Shop on the new entrance sign.”
Founded in 2011, our mission is to honor and support military veterans while educating the Colorado community and future generations about the history and meaning of service in the United States Armed Forces.
More than 25,000 military veterans and 125,000 of their immediate family members call northern Colorado home. This is who we serve in our mission to honor, support, and educate.
Veterans and visitors are welcome to attend the ceremony on April 12 scheduled for noon at the Veterans Plaza! Visit our website at www.veteransplazanoco.org to learn more about our organization and many events.