The Daily Tribune News reports that Bartow County, Georgia is considering an amendment to the County’s sign ordinance to: prohibit variances which increase the maximum area of signs increase the maximum number of billboards. prohibit new billboards or the conversion of an existing sign to digital The county, however, is […]
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Company of the Day: George Lay Signs
Company of the Day: George Lay Signs Market: Kansas Headquarters: 1016 N. Waco, Wichita, KS 67203-3999 Phone: 800-888-0433 George Lay Signs is a family-owned Wichita based signs company and billboard business. The company was started in 1955 when George Lay quit his job designing neon signs for Wichita’s leading sign tompany to start his […]
Update your billboard insurance schedules
Are you buying or building new locations? Then keep your insurance schedules up to date. That’s the lesson of Lamar Advertising versus Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance. Here are the facts: Lamar Advertising had an insurance policy with Liberty Mutual. Lamar incurred damage to billboards as a result of hurricanes Ike […]
Yesco Buys Roadside Outdoor
YESCO Outdoor Media, Salt Lake City, Utah announced today that it has acquired all of the billboard assets of Roadside Outdoor Advertising, LLC, Rapid City, SD. The inventory of 87 bulletin faces are located in eastern Wyoming, western South Dakota and Nebraska. Patrick O’Donnell, YESCO Outdoor Media’s President, said the […]
Billboards help find Dayton child.
Next time someone tells you that they’re against digital signs because they don’t want their city to become Las Vegas ask them if they’d like their city to become like Dayton. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent out this tweet this week. A Dayton, Ohio teenager who […]
Company of the Day: The TV Truck
Company: TheTVTruck.com Markets: Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, DE Headquarters: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Phone: 855-412-6466 Email: info@thetvtruck.com The TVTruck.com operates 3 mobile digital billboard Trucks in Pennsylvania, NJ, NY, and DE. Paul Catagnus and Jeff Cartwright are partners in the business. Insider talked to Jeff Cartwight. Jeff, how did you enter the […]
Regulatory Roundup August 30, 2018
Two interesting regulatory stories in Detroit. Business Insider reports that SHoP is moving ahead with plans for an 800 foot tall tower with 1 million square feet of retail, office and residential space at the former site of the J.L. Hudson Company Department store on Farmer Street and Gatiot Avenue. […]
Geopath Market Spotlight: Philadelphia
Did you know: Philadelphia has been called the “mural capital of the U.S.” It has over 2,000 outdoor murals. One of every six doctors in the U.S. received their training in Philadelphia. This week’s Geopath Market Spotlight focuses on the Philadelphia DMA. Infographics for the top DMAs and much more […]
Company of the Day: General Outdoor
Company: General Outdoor Market: California. Headquarters: 532 S. Hope Ave., Ontario, CA 91761 Phone: 909-983-4414 General Outdoor is a family-owned company which was founded in 1954. General Outdoor operates a network of 10 digital bulletins in San Bernadino and Reverside counties in California. Several of the signs are monument signs which also promote the […]
Comparing out of home letters of intent
By Jennifer Sloane, Esq. Yesterday we discussed four musts for an out of home advertising letter of intent. But what happens if you receive two or more LOI’s that contain the same price. How do you determine which is a better deal? Over the past 20 years, I have seen […]
