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Council approves Visit Marietta banners for MLB All-Star Week on the downtown square
Summary
Visit Marietta was authorized to install six promotional banners on the downtown square to coincide with the 2025 MLB All-Star Week at the Battery; council approved the request unanimously.
The Marietta City Council voted to allow Visit Marietta to install promotional banners on the downtown square to promote Major League Baseball’s 2025 All-Star Week at the Battery.
Mary Eddy, who addressed the council as a representative of Visit Marietta and the Welcome Center, asked permission to install six navy-blue banners beginning July 1 and to alternate those banners with the city’s existing Visit Marietta banners. Eddy said the banners would remain through the conclusion of All-Star activities (the organizer’s last event is July 15) and would be removed shortly after so city banners could be restored.
Councilors raised no objections during the work session. A councilor moved to approve the request “as presented,” and the motion carried unanimously on the roll call.
Eddy said Visit Marietta will supply artwork (MLB-provided designs adjusted to the square’s pole format) and will alternate the MLB-themed banners with the city’s existing Visit Marietta banners to encourage visitors to explore downtown Marietta rather than remain at the Battery complex.
The council recorded the vote as 7-0 in favor of the banner installation. Visit Marietta staff said they would coordinate installation timing with city staff and return banners to the prior Visit Marietta designs by July 18.
The approval is for temporary promotional banners only; no changes to city-owned pole hardware were requested.
