Meeting as the Committee of the Whole last Monday, Lincolnshire trustees agreed on some general designs for new signage planned for the village.
Public Works Department Director Bradford Woodbury showed trustees at the in-person meeting some alternative color schemes and designs to update existing village signage. New design ideas, developed by Naperville-based Hitchcock Design Group, included new signs at entry points into the village and parks, and some simpler signs that would be at various locations within the village.
Woodbury noted that existing village entry and parks signs follow a design guidebook put together in 1994. Those signs were made of cedar by a wood products company now out of business. The existing signs are subject to rotting and in need of maintenance and in many cases should be replaced, he said.
While the design project is a long way from being finalized, the trustees’ discussion at the COTW meeting led to some clear preferences in colors, materials and overall look for any new signs.
Overall, trustees preferred signs with powder coated aluminum for panels, lettering and structural elements, rejecting any limestone elements as dated and – it turns out – expensive.
Trustee Jill Raizin summed up the sentiment to “drop limestone.”
Woodbury gave a preliminary estimate for the signs using aluminum at a little over $320,000, while the limestone versions were estimated to cost nearly twice as much. He said life expectancies for the two materials were about the same at 25 years before major maintenance might be required.
Raizin said as the project goes forward, village officials need to be clear that the new signage is needed because of deterioration of old signs, and not just to showcase the new village logo that was introduced at the beginning of 2020. That logo, which features a capital “L” with serifs and an oak leaf overlay, replaced a loopy “L” that officials considered outdated.
Several trustees also noted that money for new signage is to come from village park development funds, earmarked for projects like this.
For colors, trustees chose green lettering with gray backgrounds. Aluminum structural elements, framing and bases looked best powder coated a bronze or brown color, officials agreed.
Trustees expect to see updated designs at a future meeting, along with some kind of mock-up of a sign, perhaps with material and color samples.
In his report, Woodbury said that there is currently $75,000 in the 2021 budget for procurement of parks and entryway signage updates. Plans call eventually for six new signs at village entries, 11 new parks signs and ones at the Public Works facility and Village Hall. Given the current budgeted amount, new parks signs may have to wait until next year, at the earliest, according to officials.
The sign updates will continue the process of refreshing the village’s branding initiative while also incorporating lower maintenance easier to procure products, Woodbury said.
Graydon Megan is a freelancer.
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