After the City of North Liberty, Iowa, invested $8.4 million in a new water pollution control facility, plant manager Dave Ramsey thought a nice entrance sign would properly express the community’s pride.“I came up with the idea and passed it along to the city manager,” says Ramsey. “He jumped at it and said ‘Go with it.’ Then I told him what the cost was. He didn’t like that.” Nonetheless, Ramsey went ahead, cutting down the cost to the city by asking the main players in the plant’s design and construction to kick in. They did.More than prettyAnd as a result,
