Warsaw Reveals New Gateway, Wayfinding Signage
In keeping with efforts to promote the city’s growing system of bicycle paths and making the downtown area more user friendly, the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety today agreed to a $35,000 expense to have gateway and wayfinding signs erected throughout the city.
Assistant city planner Tim Dombrosky presented to the B.O.W. this morning the sign designs and a map of where they are to be placed. In all, there will be a total of 14 wayfinding signs (pictured here), four large welcome signs (pictured above) and four smaller welcome signs (pictured here).
Dombrosky said the wayfinding signs morphed from an original plan to look at improving the existing city limit signs that have faded or are otherwise missing. Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer added, “The wayfinding signs are used in most communities and are very helpful for locating some of the main attractions.”
Among the attractions to be noted on the signs include the Wagon Wheel Theatre, The Village at Winona, Central Park, the hotel and downtown districts and the Visitor’s Bureau. The white text on the signs will be reflective so they are easily seen at night.
The blue and gray color scheme of the signs is something that is being created on most new city materials and will continue to be carried through to other projects, such as parking signs in the downtown area.
Dombrosky said the signs will be installed next year “sooner rather than later.”