New downtown hotel set to open in June 2013
A comprehensive sign plan for the new Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center under construction in downtown Kent was approved by the Kent Planning Commission Tuesday. The sign plan includes five signs total, three of which are identical. The three signs that match are rectangular with a color scheme that matches Kent State's blue and gold. The two signs that are not alike are the flag-style sign that will be attached to the building's northwest corner and the 43-foot long sign that will wrap around the canopy above the main entrance to the conference center off Erie Street. Lou Belknap, of Agile Sign and Lighting Company, the firm designing the signs, said they modified the signs following recommendations made by the Kent …
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Tenants still have leeway for design of sign advertising their business
The Kent Planning Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a comprehensive sign plan for two of the buildings in the city's downtown redevelopment project. Fairmount Properties presented a sign plan for buildings "A" and "B," which have addresses at 295 and 215 S. Water St. and 100 E. Erie St. Norman Elbin, director of tenant coordination for Fairmount Properties, said the sign plan addresses how and where both the retail and commercial tenants advertise themselves on the buildings. "We put together a sign plan that we believe gives tenants some design latitude to create individual identity but also to control various aspects, such as the maximum size they can use, where they actually put their signs and how they illuminate the …
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Matt Fredmonsky
11:05 am on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
I specifically asked Branscomb about the signs at Acorn Alley and whether Fairmount's sign plan will be similar in any way. He said tenants are encouraged to use their logos, coloring and insignias in their signs. The only restrictions on location on the buildings and size. more ›