“I think we can do better than this installation of the interpretative Sign #1 about the town’s founder!” ~w.
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Wendy Poischbeg, the city’s Economic Development and Communications Manager, was awarded a Historic Preservation grant from Snohomish County for nine interpretative signs. I was commissioned to design and write the content.
Six interpretative signs were installed in the existing kiosks along the south side of First Street in 2020!
The wayfinding system of three-pole kiosks was installed maybe twenty years ago, and over time, most were vandalized and no longer used in an official way.
Tap on a thumbnail to view the actual size, or walk the tour!
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Unfortunately, Wendy had to abandon the project before the three signs above were installed for a new job, and she expected a new administration/staff to pick up where she left off. They could not. Directors were searching for the three signs in their respective departments with no success because contrary to what they were told or understood — the signs had not been ordered. Plus, an order to proceed had not been given to the manufacturer of the frames and poles.
Eventually, a staff member followed the paper trail of the three signs and their frames, and the signs were finally installed in June 2024.
On June 18, I wrote to Tim Cross, Public Works Operations Manager, and copied the City Manager:
“So sorry for the trouble the three final signs have been and, sad to say, continues.
The printed signs are too big for the frames, so much so that they are unacceptable. The one outside the Carnegie has text at the bottom that can not be read.
But I have a solution.”
I go on to explain, but the point is that here we are in the last week of 2024, and there has been no response. The photo at the top of this page tells its own story.
I am writing to Tim, and I have copied the city manager and Mayor Redmond.
I will keep you posted ~w.
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