Tag: meadow outdoor

Meadows Outdoor’s Chris Zukin- Creating a High Quality Work Place

Congratulations to Meadow Outdoor for their second place finish in the 2024 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon. Billboard Insider noticed that this is not the first time that Meadow has made it into the top ten of this annual list so we reached out to Chris Zukin, […]

Meadow Outdoor Supporting “Every Shelter” in Sudan With Vinyls

There have been many operators who have found productive and sometimes lucrative uses for their used vinyls.  Insider heard that Meadow Outdoor is sending their vinyls to Sudan. We had a chance to have a conversation with Brian Casady, Chief Operating Officer for Meadow, whom leads the effort. Brian, I […]

Readers Comment on Short vs Long-Term Contracts

Some great comments on yesterday’s Short versus Multi-Year Ad Contracts post. Meadow Outdoor’s Mike Zukin says multi-year ad contracts are a hedge. Long Term contracts are a great strategic hedge against a slow economy. We used them prior to 2008, but then increased their use after the meltdown. We sell […]

Company of the Day: Meadow Outdoor

Company: Meadow Outdoor Markets: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah Headquarters: PO Box 331, The Dalles, OR  97058 Phone: 800-221-4114 Meadow Outdoor is a family-owned, firm started by Joe Zukin in 1968. Joe began his association with the outdoor industry while President of Frontier Village Amusement Park in San Jose, CA in the […]

Monitor Your OOH Power and Bandwidth Bills

It’s easy to get in the habit of paying out of home utility bills without thinking twice.  You can save money by reviewing each month’s bill.  Two examples. Electric Bills Look for large increases in power consumption month to month.  You may have a broken light meter.  When a Circle […]

Conlin On Solar Powered Billboards

Kevin Conlin’s firm Autonomous Power Solutions designs and sells solar powered billboard systems.  Insider asked Conlin for an update on trends in solar powered billboards. What’s new over the past year? 2020 was terrible. It seemed the second half of last year everyone’s budgets contracted, and our solar  business virtually […]

Meadow Outdoor’s Management Style

Insider wrote last week on Meadow Outdoor being named one of Oregon’s best companies.  This week the OAAA published a terrific interview with Meadow principals Chris and Mike Zukin to explain their management style and company culture. With the permission of OAAA, here is the interview and videos that will […]

Meadow Outdoor’s Win-Win Tree Agreement in Ontario, OR

  In yesterday’s Managing Tree Issues with a City Insider talked about a creative solution to a tree problem in which Meadow Outdoor agreed to replace diseased trees in Ontario, Oregon.  The city got healthy, low maintenance trees.  Meadow preserved billboard views.  John Lehman, Meadow Outdoor’s Lease Manager discusses the […]

Managing Tree Issues with a City

A reader asks: I am curious of how other billboard companies deal with City planted trees in the boulevard that impact the view of a billboard.   I know in ___________ on state regulated highways there is an ordinance that prohibits this activity, but inside city limits on city streets and […]

Shoutout to Meadow Outdoor

Meadow Outdoor is running this PSA on California’s Hwy 101 in Redwood City, CA between San Jose and San Francisco. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement