Book a community promotion sign

• Who can book a sign?
• How much does it cost?
• How many signs can I book?
• Sign artwork requirements
• How to book your signs
• Book a community promotions sign
• See a location map of the community promotion signs

Who can book a sign?

• Not-for-profit organisations or community groups advertising events of significant cultural interest to the local community.
• The event must be held within the City of Greater Geelong boundaries.

How much does it cost?

• The cost of a sign booking is $130 and includes installation and removal of the sign. The cost is the same whether you book 1 sign or 4 signs and whether you book for 1 week or 4 weeks.
• You can pay securely using a credit card at the time of making your booking. We accept Visa and Mastercard.
  
  A payment processing fee of 0.55% applies to credit and debit card payments.

How many signs can I book?

• You can book up to 4 signs at up to 4 different locations for up to 4 weeks (depending on availability).
• You can only have 1 booking per event.

Sign artwork requirements

To ensure your event receives maximum exposure, we recommend minimal information on your sign artwork.

• The community signs provide a very quick, drive by message
• Wording should only include the event name and date (main message), location and a website or phone number
• Sponsor logos should not be the main feature
• Wording on the sign should be 60 millimetres inside the top and bottom of the sign so it is visible once installed
• All signs need to be 1200 x 1200 millimetres to fit into frames
• Signs are to be well presented, prepared and constructed and are not to be offensive
• No reflective material is to be used on signs - this includes fluorescent paints
• All signs should be made from ‘corflute’
• No organisation may display more than 4 signs within council boundaries at any one time
• No sign shall contain any rotating, revolving or moving parts and cannot be illuminated or flashing
• All signs will be bolted to our promotion frames.

How to book your signs

• You cannot book a sign any earlier than 6 months prior to the event.
• Signs can only be booked to start on a Monday and finish on a Sunday.
• All signs are installed and removed on Mondays (unless it is a public holiday, then the sign will be installed or removed on the Tuesday.
• You’ll need to organise your sign artwork if you haven’t done so already and organise to print your sign.
• You need to deliver your signs to Merv Jennings Signs, 23-25 Tarkin Court, North Geelong. You will receive an email reminding you of this.
• All signs are installed and removed by a contractor.
• Once your sign has been taken down, you will need to pick it up from Merv Jennings Signs, 23 -25 Tarkin Court, North Geelong. You will receive an email reminding you of this.
• If you have different dates for your signs to be taken down you don't need to pick your signs up until the last sign has been removed.
• Permit holders can organise to store up to 4 signs for one year with Merv Jennings @$55 per annum including GST. Please contact Merv Jennings Signs on 03 5272 1400 to arrange. 
• Please ensure your booking details are correct before proceeding as bookings cannot be changed once payment has been processed.

View a map of the community promotion sign locations.

Need to know more...

For information about using these signs to promote your community event please email communitysigns@geelongcity.vic.gov.au or phone the Community Development Unit on 03 5272 5096.