Has your community or neighborhood struggled with signage that doesn’t match the character the surrounding area? Learn the nuts and bolts of good signage and what it takes to create a good sign ordinance and signage system at DVRPC’s December Strategies for Older Suburbs Roundtable event!
Create More Effective Signs for Your Community (2.5 CM pending)
Friday, December 6, 2013
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Breakfast will be provided
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
8th Floor | ACP Building
190 N. Independence Mall West | Philadelphia, PA 19106
Please RSVP by Wednesday, December 4 to kpcilurso@dvrpc.org.
AGENDA
9:00 am — Coffee and Networking
9:30 am — Welcome and Introduction
9:45 am — Presentations
Negative Impact of Signs on Your Community – Mary Tracy, Scenic Philadelphia
Developing Better Sign Codes for Traditional and Nontraditional Signs –
David Hickey, Vice President of Government Relations, International Sign Association
Wayfinding Signage: What Every Community Needs To Know –
Amy Agurkis Rees, Graphic Designer
10:45 am — Peer Discussion – Hear from your colleagues as we share strategies and ideas on what your community is doing to create better signs. Participants will be invited to share challenges as well as brainstorm answers to colleagues’ tough questions.
More details: http://www.dvrpc.org/email/
