SIGN INITIATIVE workshop TUESDAY 10/23/12 8:30am

NORWOOD CENTER Sign Initiative Workshop!

This workshop will be a forum for discussion of business signage in Norwood Center, including the prospect of new types of signs, improvements to existing signage, and trends in the sign technology and graphic design.

Participants will include
merchants,
business and property owners,
and sign designers and fabricators from the Norwood community.

The session will include a presentation and guided discussion by the Town’s signage consultant, who is working with the Community Planning and Economic Development Department through a grant provided by the Massachusetts Downtown Initiative, a program of the Department of Housing and Community Development.

If you have any questions please contact Pam McCarthy,
Community Development Program Coordinator
at 781-762-8115 or pmccarthy@norwoodma.gov.

Norwood Civic/Recreation Center
165 NAHATAN STREET, NORWOOD
TUESDAY • OCTOBER 23, 2012
8:30 AM
SIGNAGE WORKSHOP
1ST FLOOR MEETING ROOM

Topics will include:
• New signs: Proposed improvements to the signage
by-law would allow businesses to install projecting or
“blade” signs, in addition to those permitted today.
• Sign regulations: Understanding Norwood’s regulations
and how they are applied.
• Sign design: How to approach the design of signage to
enhanced business identity and marketing
• Sign fabrication: Contemporary methods to fabricate
and install signs.