Company: Durden Outdoor Displays
Markets: Alabama
Headquarters: 5500 US Hwy 431 N, Dothan, AL 36303
Phone: 334-792-5056
Email: info@durdenoutdoor.com
Durden Outdoor Displays operates a marketing network of 1,000 billboards, posters and digital displays across Southern Alabama.
In 1959 Earl Durden began working for his cousin Foy Ready at the “Heart of Dothan” hotel in downtown Dothan, Alabama. 2 years later, cousin Foy decided to buy a local sign business to service his motel billboards & signs. In May of 1968 he created “Earl Durden Signs” along Route 1 in Ashford, Alabama. Durden built 40 structures which he sold in 1972.
In 1973 Durden reentered the business with a new logo and name change, “Durden Outdoor Displays”. In 1986 Durden purchased Gulf Outdoor Advertising, Inc. increasing his plant to nearly 900 paint and poster faces. He began an extensive renovation program to update older billboards remove over 200 billboards from overbuilt areas.
Durden Outdoor Displays, Inc. has a 60,000 square foot Dothan facility housing a full service art, marketing & production company. Earl’s son Bill is Vice President and Creative Director.
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Thanks for the write up Dave and all you do to keep the independent billboard industry informed on what’s going on!!
One of the things I enjoy most about the Billboard Insider it that I get a chance to rub elbows with so many quality private outdoor companies like Durden. The engine room of capitalism.