Local sign design winners snap up $3000 prizemoney
Published 8th March 2018
| 8 March 2018 |
Your town - your design! Our new entrance signs are designed by you!
The heritage of the Wakefield region will be proudly displayed at key town entrances following a design competition which saw eight residents and local organisations share in $3000 prizemoney.
Residents were asked to combine creativity and understanding of their local communities to come up with conceptual designs for a series of new statement entrance signs for Blyth, Brinkworth, Hamley Bridge, Lochiel, Owen and Snowtown, with the best design from each town awarded a prize of $500.
Wakefield Mayor Rodney Reid said the community based competition approach ensured the signs truly reflected the essence of each town.
“The competition has been another example of Council’s effort to engage our residents in projects,”Mayor Reid said. “For visitors travelling through our region, we want to have statement signage that identified Wakefield’s towns as being part of one connected community, yet still individual places with different identities.
“New entrance signage is inviting for tourists and supports community pride – both key aspects of our Strategic Management Plan.”
The town signage project is to be rolled out by Council over the next three years, with four signs to be installed each year at an annual cost of approximately $150,000.
Council decided Hamley Bridge and Lochiel would be first to receive the new signage in preparation for their 150th celebrations in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Congratulating the winners, Mayor Reid said he was pleased Council was able to gain ideas and insight from the local community for this special project.
And the winner/s are …
•Blyth - $500 to Blyth Progress Association
•Brinkworth - $500 to Anne Green
•Lochiel - $250 to Lochiel Progress Association and $250 to Marek Herbert (joint winners)
•Hamley Bridge - $500 to Jon Povey
•Owen - $250 to Connor Lane and $250 to Mary Freebaim (joint winners)
•Snowtown - $500 to Bernie Altmann
See what the new signage will look like here!