Carytown and select streets in the Museum District will be a lot more cheery this spring if the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has their way at tonight's city council meeting. The world renowned art museum is asking the city for permission to post banners throughout the Carytown to celebrate the grand reopening of their facility.

Documents filed with the legislation before city council indicates that the museum will sponsor 32 banners for placement on W. Cary St., Sheppard St., Belmont Ave, and Grove Ave. The proposed ordinance (No. 2010-42) will allow promotional banners to be displayed on utility poles in the residential areas of the Museum District between Carytown and the VMFA.

According to Suzanne Hall with the VMFA the Museum District Association board recently voted unanimously in support of the proposed promotional banners.

Hall says the VMFA will assume the cost of creating and installing the banners this spring and promises that residents can look forward to more banners celebrating exhibits at the facility.