Welcome Sign

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Pennsylvania a committee of residents formed under the plan has proposed adding four "Welcome to Greencastle" signs on major routes into the community to help boost town beautification. Downtown Beautification Chairwoman Marissa Pinto Burt said the project is still very preliminary but that adding the signs was a priority set forth in the borough's strategic plan.

In its "5-year Wish List" adopted in the plan, Borough Council listed "Welcome to Greencastle" signs at the top of it suggestions for improving town appearance.

"We are excited about this," Pinto Burt said. "We are optimistic that the project will get approved and the signs will be up before Old Home Week."

The committee turned to a local company, Wertner Signs, for design and artistic expertise, Pinto Burt said.

Each sign will include the borough's Web site to give visitors a reference point for borough issues, said Andrew Barbuzanes of Wertner Signs.

Barbuzanes said his designs were of carved signs, which over time, cost less to maintain than flat surface signs.

Hoping to place two signs on U.S. 11 and two signs on Pa. 16, Pinto Burt informed council that land-use rights were needed before the project could progress.

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Cow Sign

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Canada, one east end councillor is pushing for the city to review its regulations for signage and symbols after repeated requests from the city to have the 100 pound fibreglass cow on the roof of Cheddar Et Cetera removed.

The cow, located on the roof of the business, has been a symbol in the community for more than 20 years said Orléans Coun. Bob Monette, and he is asking the city to modify one of its regulations that is threatening the future of the long-standing display.

“In some instances, certain signs or displays have to be respected. This is something that is part of the roots of the community,” said Monette.

Under a law prohibiting signs on businesses for security measures, the east end business received warnings from the city since last fall to remove the cow, facing a maximum fine of $50,000.

The city has also asked the business owners to remove Canadian flags seen on the side of the cow.

Last month, Ottawa city council said it would allow the store a stay of one month to give them time to decide on the fate of the symbol while having to meet the standards of by-law.
Lionel Laurin, owner of Ace Body Shop, first contacted Monette about the issue to see if anything could be done.

“The cow is a symbol of hard work of the farmers and what they have done,” said Laurin. “It’s more than just a big old cow that looks good. It’s about respecting the farmers and what they have done for many years.”

Laurin said asking the business to remove the Canadian flag was even more inappropriate.
“We are showing pride for our nation,” he said. “ We have brave men and women fighting overseas and coming home in body bags. We want to pay respect to the them.”

Monette said the issue has spread to many areas across the city, with residents and other dignitaries, including Ottawa-Vanier MP Mauril Bélanger, supporting the cause.
Orléans residents have signed a petition with 1,200 signatures.

Monette is presenting the petition along with a review request for signage on February 23 to the city’s planning and environment committee.

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Unwanted Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the erection of large black and yellow signs at either end of Hastings Street, Queensland Australia by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council and bearing the Queensland Police Service logo, should be removed immediately according to local MP Glen Elmes, the Member for Noosa. The signs read: DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VALUABLES UNATTENDED THIEVES AT WORK

“While I understand the sentiment behind the reasons for these signs, they are unwarranted and alarmist and will damage Noosa’s tourism image. There are better ways to reinforce this message across to locals and visitors without resorting to ugly signs” said Glen Elmes.

“Frankly, in this day and age anyone who leaves their car unlocked, or valuables in a towel on the beach for even a short period of time, is a fool.

My other concern is that, regardless of the message, Noosa does not need visual pollution from signs, it is not in the make up of this community – it is not something that the old Noosa Council would undertake”

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Ban Sign

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as a ban on overnight camping in Christchurch's, New Zealand, Cranmer Square cannot yet be legally enforced despite the ban taking effect recently. The Christchurch City Council unanimously agreed to introduce an immediate ban after residents complained of campers using the area as a toilet.

But the council said yesterday it must wait for "appropriate signage" before the freedom-camping ban can be enforced.

The Press visited Cranmer Square at 9am yesterday and found about 10 vehicles belonging to freedom campers.

Those spoken to said expensive campsites prompted them to look for free areas. All were unaware it was illegal to stay there.

North Carolina couple Joe Hinton and Lenny Strom were referred to Cranmer Square by "a friend of a friend of a friend".

They welcomed any bylaw, even if it meant they could not stay there again.

Hinton said campers who used the area as a toilet were "despicable and horrible".

The pair said freedom camping was the only option for many people because campsites were too expensive.

Council inspections and enforcement unit manager Gary Lennan said signs needed to be designed, made and erected before campers could be asked to leave Cranmer Square.

The council would know next week when the signs would be ready, he said.

"In the meantime, council staff will take an educational approach and advise persons residing in vehicles in Cranmer Square that vehicles used for this purpose are not permitted in the area."

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Curry Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as a Monmouth restaurant is facing prosecution for its illuminated signs after they were deemed “inappropriate” by the council. Jewel Balti has two large signs, measuring around five feet by six feet, outside its Drybridge Street restaurant which glow red after dark.

Monmouthshire County Council asked the owners of the Jewel Balti to remove the signs.

A spokeswoman for the council said: “The reason for this is that the signage damages the special character of this historic building and it isn't appropriate for the character of the town. These rules ensure our towns are as attractive as possible for residents and visitors.”

She said all businesses have to ask for signs and that this business is no different.

She added that other businesses get appropriate signage and ask permission before putting them up.

But when the Jewel Balti failed to take them down, it was served with an enforcement notice.

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Gaelic Grant

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as thousands of pounds of new investment is now available to community groups and companies for Gaelic-related developments, it was announced today (Monday) by Comunn na Gàidhlig (CnaG). The cash, £80,000 in total, is being made available via three schemes which will operate between now and the end of September, and which are being run by CnaG as part of their contract with Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

The first programme is a Bilingual Signage and Marketing scheme. This is worth £25,000 in total and is open to private companies, social enterprises or community groups and charities within the HIE area. A maximum of £2000 is available for each applicant, at up to 70% of costs to install bilingual signage on buildings, vehicles, or for other marketing materials. This has been a successful scheme in previous years with some 100 companies or bodies having successfully implemented and benefitted from bilingual signage or marketing.

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Warning Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as a lack of warning signs at a York-based construction firm has resulted in the company having to pay out £20,000 in fines after a contractor working at the company was seriously injured. Nottingham Magistrates Court has heard how Shepherd Construction did not provide adequate safety signs to prevent the worker driving a cherry picker over a concealed man-hole cover in August 2007, which led to the vehicle tipping over and the contractor damaging his skull, back and legs.

Health and Safety Executive inspector Martin Giles commented that operators of mobile elevating work platforms, such as scissor lifts and cherry pickers, should always be warned about any man-hole covers and underground services.

"The company failed to put in place adequate measures to find and record where the man holes and service covers were around the site and failed to take steps to protect them or prevent vehicles from driving over them," he added.

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Easy Signage

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as when Arizona work crews are finished with construction on Grand Avenue from 99th Avenue to Loop 303, motorists will notice new signs with larger letters making them easier to read. The signs are the result of study through the Arizona Department of Transportation in an effort to assist older drivers. New signs will be placed at all intersections on the stretch of road. Other street enhancements include pedestrian countdown signals.

Brock Barnhart, an ADOT spokesman, said the study, which was conducted in 2006, featured signs with bigger fonts at the intersection of 99th and Grand avenues.

"We received a positive reception about them," he said. "This will not only help our senior drivers, but everyone of all ages."

Barnhart said work crews will install signs once construction is completed along the Grand Avenue improvement area, which stretches from Peoria through Surprise.

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Clear Street Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Abu Dhabi, the capital’s residents have been promised that “clear and consistent” street signs will start appearing across the emirate from this summer. The Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) announced yesterday that it was developing a street signage manual that will include new standards for size, placement and typefaces. Properties will get unique addresses with building numbers that follow a logical order.

It plans on making sure addresses throughout the emirate are consistent and in the same style.

The new system, expected to be fully implemented by 2012, should make life easier for residents, particularly those in remote areas who struggle to describe their locations using only their proximity to landmarks or intersections.

“Finalising addressing system and street signage standards are the key steps in achieving a unified addressing system across the emirate of Abu Dhabi,” Rashid al Hajeri, the DMA chairman, said in a news release.

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Mayor Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Wingecarribee, Australia Mayor Duncan Gair was forced to remove signs advertising his business after admitting they did not comply with Council policy. During the January 27 Council meeting, Councillor Ken Halstead held up photos of a sign advertising Cr Gair’s Fitzroy Falls business.

In the photo, the sign was placed directly under a 60kmh speed sign on the roadside.

Cr Halstead asked the mayor if the sign was Council approved, to which the mayor responded “no”.

Cr Halstead compared the mayor’s non-compliance to the way Council were handling illegal signage put up by the Werai Tea House.

In that case the owners had received a $750 fine for two signs displayed on trailers at the site.

Council general manager Jason Gordon said senior staff had met with the owners at Werai Tea Hous to discuss their concerns.

“My understanding is that this issue does go back a while, and now that the fine has been issued through the Office of State Revenue it is out of Council’s hands,” Mr Gordon said.

“We will review the matter and go from there.”

Mr Gordon said the mayor would not be fined.

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Signage Trouble

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Madrid — The state Department of Transportation has put up a four-way stop at routes 310 and 345 for safety, but some drivers think motorists are so used to it as a two-way stop that the intersection has become more dangerous.

Wendy L. Sharpe said she drove through the intersection Thursday and watched a near crash.

"There were several cars that almost got in an accident," she said. "There was this white truck. I don't think he knew he had to stop and he slammed on his brakes."

The line of traffic on Route 310 coming from Massena also didn't seem to understand the right-of-way rules at the four-way stop, she said

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Tesco Sign

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as a Ramsey resident is protesting about a supermarket sign that was put up outside his house indicating the way to the new Tesco store...when no sign exists for the Co-operative supermarket. John Groom, of the Great Whyte, said he has been a customer at the Co-op for 20 years and that he was "furious".

He told The Hunts Post: "I think it is so wrong. I have been shopping at the Co-op since it opened 20 years ago. You go straight on to Tesco and turn right for the Co-op but the arrow next to the sign says straight ahead. I wonder if the manager of the Co-op store is as livid as I am. It is unjust."

A spokesman for the Tesco store in Ramsey said: "This is not something we control - this kind of signage is erected by the county council."

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire County Council said: "This sign was something that Tesco applied for and paid for. Putting up a sign is a normal practice near many of its stores. If the Co-op wanted a sign, it would have to apply.

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Digital Signage

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs asPixeland, an Andalusian technology company, and Bodegas La Sangre de Ronda (Malaga) have reached an agreement in which the Wine Museum of Ronda has been chosen to test Pixeland’s latest technology. The first stage of this international pilot project got underway yesterday.

Bluetooth technology
This new service consists of a software application that works with Bluetooth technology, which will be given to visitors with no extra charge, containing detailed information, including texts, videos and photographs, of the museum’s 12 rooms.

Museum visitors will receive this information automatically, thus making tours more educational and easier to understand. This new device also provides them with a souvenir of their tour of the old winery’s facilities, which they can then download on their computers at home.

At present, many of the world’s most important museums and tourist attractions are waiting for the results of this pilot project.

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New Shop Fronts

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as grants have been made available to help shopkeepers in Cheltenham spruce up their store fronts. The scheme is an extension of a project last year when eight cafes, pubs and stores in the town were given fresh paint work and better signage.

Applicants must have no more than 200 employees and can apply for up to £500 of funding which they need to match.

It is part of the borough council's Business Pride scheme, which aims to boost the town's economy.

Council leader Steve Jordan said: ''It has been particularly difficult for small traders to find money during the recession to keep the appearance of their premises up to scratch."

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Beach Sign

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Australia a warning sign occupied a prominent spot near the entrance to ‘Little Beach’ at Red Rock for about 17 years before it was unceremoniously pulled down in mid-2009. According to Red Rock stalwart Peter ‘Pedro’ McHenry, the sign was painted by local signwriter Kevin Convery, now deceased, to warn visitors about the very real dangers of Little Beach on the outgoing tide.

“There are two rip currents that move about 25-26 knots out of the Red Bank River, one to North Beach and one round the headland to the south,” Mr McHenry, a foundation life member of the Red Rock-Corindi Surf Life Saving Club, said.

“If you’re not a keen swimmer you’ll get into trouble ... there’s also a lot of rocks and boulders there.”

Mr McHenry, a former prominent radio broadcaster, said Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) told the surf club the sign didn’t meet the Australian Standards and needed to come down.

Before locals knew it – the sign had come down just after Easter last year, causing uproar from surf club members and general residents alike.

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Run Over Sign

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in Jamaica a high-visibility pedestrian crossing sign that went up in Centre Street last month has disappeared. The sign, which warned drivers not to run over pedestrians, apparently was itself run over.

Boston Transportation Department spokesperson Jim Mansfield blamed a “car making a wide turn” for wiping out the sign. Architect Scott Payette, a board member of the Jamaica Plain Business and Professional Association, said at that group’s meeting this week that he witness an MBTA bus crush the sign.

Either way, the sign was sheared off at pavement level.

“We are doing an engineering review on whether it is a good spot to put a [sign],” Mansfield told the Gazette.

The bright yellow sign, known as a “pedestrian delineator,” was bolted to the pavement at the intersection of Centre and Seaverns Avenue to warn drivers about yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk there. The sign had been requested by the Sumner Hill Association and the Jamaica Plain Business and Professional Association.

The $250 sign lasted about six weeks before disappearing, with its mount still bolted into the street. BTD previously told the Gazette that the sign was designed to be flexible, but could be broken off by a direct hit. A vehicle would have needed to cross the double-yellow line to do so.

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Signs Of An Affair

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as in America a good-looking couple grace many billboards, hugging and smiling. Next to them is a heartwarming quote: "You are my soulmate forever." The names "Charles & YaVaughnie" are written in florid cursive text. Until today, it could be seen in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco. Just like any other billboard for diamonds or perfume, right?

Except this billboard wasn't selling any product. Instead, it exposed the messy romantic life of one of America's most powerful business execs.

The man who was pictured in the billboard is Charles E. Phillips. He is co-president of Oracle, the world's largest business software company, and a special economic adviser to President Obama. The woman shown alongside him is not his wife Karen, who filed for divorce in 2008.

The Wall Street Journal also notes that Oracle has scheduled a major press conference on Jan. 27 to discuss its recent merger with Sun Microsystems. That leads some to believe that the billboard campaign was designed to disrupt and sabotage the event and Phillips' role in it.

Whatever the actual reason, the parties' involved are remaining tight-lipped. (Not counting messages sent with giant signage, of course.)

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Tasmania Signs

More signage news from in and around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as a $16 million tourism marketing plan funded from the 2006 sale of the Spirit of Tasmania III has delivered huge benefits to Tasmania, according to Tourism Minister Michelle O'Byrne. Ms O'Byrne yesterday released a report into the success of the Tourism Promotional Plan, detailing the marketing and improvement programs in which the $16 million was invested.

The tourism industry believes the $16 million marketing campaign is still having an impact on tourist numbers into the state, due to a "lag effect".

With the money from the sale now spent, Ms O'Byrne said $4 million allocated to tourism marketing in October last year - in the wake of industry calls for more marketing funding - would also benefit tourism operators around the state.

"This report has allowed us to see that by making the decision we did with the Spirit of Tasmania III and investing in tourism product at a time when every other state was pulling away, we have been able to position Tasmania well," Ms O'Byrne said.

"We are now achieving at great levels at a time when almost every other state is either struggling or is in serious trouble." Projects to benefit from the $16 million included Launceston's Cataract Gorge, which received improved signage, the Cherry Shed at Latrobe and the Tarkine Wilderness Historic Hotel at Corinna.

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French Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as Dieppe council chambers are expected to host more visitors than usual tonight when the city holds a public hearing into a proposed bylaw that would ban English-only commercial signage outside city businesses in favour of French-only or bilingual signs.

For 20 years, the city has encouraged city businesses to use more French on their outside signs and, while progress is evident in annual surveys that examine the use of French in city businesses, that progress has been slow.

The city has spent two decades offering advice and subsidies to businesses to encourage the use of more French on exterior commercial signs, but last year formed a committee to take a hard look at the issue. That committee has recommended the use of provincial planning laws to enact a bylaw that would regulate the language on outside commercial signs, just as municipalities use the act every day to regulate the size and locations of exterior commercial signage.

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Wrong Shape Sign

More signage news from around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as a Carlisle club owner has hit out at council planners after they demanded he remove £3,000 worth of signs – because they’re the wrong shape. Steve Mountjoy, of Club 35, has put two new signs up on the listed Lowther Street building, advertising the its new restaurant, Trio’s.

But Carlisle City Council says they bear “no resemblance” to those its planners granted permission for.

And the authority has told Mr Mountjoy that he must now take them down – a demand he has vowed to fight.

“We’ve got planning permission but they’re the wrong shape,” he said.

“So we’ve got three weeks to take them down. The signs say Trio’s restaurant instead of Club 35, and they’re a different shape because the Club 35 signs are diamond shaped.”

As well as the signs, Mr Mountjoy has also been ordered to remove two Club 35 notice boards at the side of his front entrance because they should be free-standing instead of attached to the wall.

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Celebration Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as City of North Vancouver councillor Craig Keating is calling for “fair play” after his fellow councillors voted to give businesses the ability to post “celebratory signs” during the Olympics next month.

On Monday, council voted to give city staff the power to approve temporary signage celebrating the Games.

The move was a shortcut from amending the city’s Sign Bylaw and requires the signs be removed at the end of March.

While staff has the power to approve the signs, it has put the onus on the sign applicants to get approval from VANOC for any use of “names, phrases, marks, logos and designs relating to the Olympic and Paralympic movements.”

The city has also stated it will not enforce any sign disputes for the organizing committee.

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Bus Signs

More signage news from in and around the UK from Hants and Dorset Signs as drivers fined for using a Clapham bus lane could be reimbursed after Lambeth Council accepted it was inadequately signposted.

After months of complaints from angry motorists, the council finally admitted it would have to stop issuing fines for cars trespassing in the bus lane – which has made more than £400,000 per year in the past six years.

The bus lane, at the corner of Clapham Park Road and Abbeville Road, also had a short taper, making it confusing for drivers to know where it began. Despite not meeting bus lane regulations, Lambeth Council had been collecting as much as £120 from each wrongly fined motorist.

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Campus Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as the Willis Independent School District board in Texas is looking at ways to install marquee signs at the three elementary campuses that don’t have them.

During a trustee workshop Monday night, board president Rebecca Broussard brought up the subject since only two of the five elementary schools have marquee signs.

The signs feature scrolling messages to inform the community, such as early dismissal or yearbooks for sale. Cannan, C.C. Hardy and Parmley do not have signs.

Meador and A.R. Turner have marquee signs in front of the building. A parent donated funds to upgrade the Turner sign, while the Meador sign was part of the construction of that school, which opened in August 2008.

In April, Todd Cabra, a factory representative from Affordable Signs and LEDs and a parent of two WISD students, told the board he wanted all schools to have signs of similar quality. Cabra completed installation of an upgraded Turner sign in April for $8,000.

He even offered to ship and install a 1-foot-by-8-foot, double-sided sign for $9,500 per campus, Cabra said in April. If a school needed new signs and panels on its school name sign in addition to the LED sign, it would cost $11,500; and if a school needed to completely install a sign with electricity, it would cost $15,000, Cabra said in April.

It was estimated Monday that marquee signs would cost roughly $20,000 per campus.

“The principals of these schools do not put these marquees at the top of their list because they do not want to take it out of their school’s budget,” trustee Jim Schulze said. “I feel the marquee is … to a certain degree, it creates an image or impression when someone first sees that school.”

He also mentioned possibly installing signage at the Parmley Annex Building for the Parent Support Center.

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Charity Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama will donate or discount over $25,000 worth of signage to 21 area nonprofit organizations through its Signs of Support Grant Program.

Through Signs of Support, AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama aims to support local nonprofit and charitable organizations through assisting in replacing or creating effective, affordable signage for their cause.

Recipients of the 2010 Signs of Support Grants are 4C of S. Indiana, Adam's Food Pantry, American Red Cross of SW. Indiana, American Water Works/Water for the People, cMoe, Evansville Community of Churches/Weekday Education, Evansville African American Museum, Evansville ARC, Evansville BBB, Evansville Rescue Mission, Habitat for Humanity USI Chapter, Keep Evansville Beautiful, Greater Evansville Susan G. Komen Foundation, Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association, Parenting Time Center, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Vanderburgh County Right to Life, Posey County Right to Life, The Literacy Center, Vanderburgh Humane Society and Wesselman Nature Society.

AmeriStamp Sign-A-Rama will begin accepting applications for the Signs of Support 2011 Grant Program in the Fall of 2010.

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Smoking Signs

More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as a smoking ban has led to a good business opportunity for at least one store in Cayman, Cayman Islands. Signs of Paradise on North Sound Road has created 300 No Smoking signs that retailers are required to display on their premises in accordance with the new Tobacco Law, which came into effect on 31 December.

Greg Arnold, sales and marketing coordinator at the company said business has picked up considerably in recent days.

“We just started to get the ads out,” he said Friday, “and the signs are ready to go.”

Signs of Paradise has 30 of each of the 10 signs that have been approved by government to be displayed in places where smoking is banned. The signs cost between $5.50 and $15.50, Mr. Arnold said.

He added that customers can pick up the signs that are already available or can order more to be created. “We can do it pretty quickly,” he said.

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