Look for some new banners to promote some West Columbia businesses.

Martha Wise, president of the River District Merchants Association, told West Columbia City Council last Tuesday of a plan to attract attention to an area of town.

The River District is bounded by the State Street and Meeting Street, to 12^th Street in West Columbia.

Its members are buying 20 banners to hang on the street poles in The River District, to promote the area as a shopping destination.

Wise also asked if the city would sponsor the effort to hang the banners.

Council Chairman B.J. Unthank signaled council’s support for the project.

Wise did not say when the banners would be hung.