A sponsorship program for the new lifeguard stands is on the April 14 Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen agenda.
Town staff and leaders have already expressed support for allowing businesses or individuals to sponsor the town’s new lifeguard stands, but Thursday night they will decide the details of the sponsorship opportunity.
Eight of the town’s 13 lifeguard stands were replaced this year. David James and Company built the new stands for about $3,700 each. Town manager Tim Owens is recommending the sponsorship be $3,500 for five years. Each sponsor would receive a sandblasted, 12-inch by 18-inch gray and white sign on the stand.
The stands are typically replaced every five years. The town’s remaining five stands will be replaced next year. The new stands’ design is very similar to that being replaced except for a few tweaks suggested by lifeguard staff.
The stands’ roof angle is slightly shallower to give the guards better sun protection and the stands’ edges are more rounded to make them easier to carry on and off the beach, fire captain Robert Pugh said.
The town implemented a similar lifeguard stand sponsorship program when the stands were replaced in 2008. Companies or individuals that donated $2,500 received an engraved plaque on a lifeguard stand for the lifetime of that stand.
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