Green in the city

Author: Amanda

While I’ve worked in Columbus for the past few years, it was only within the last six months that I started to live inside of Columbus. It was then I realized how hard it was to recycle in Columbus, and I’m still trying to find closer locations of recycling bins to where I live, I just can’t make myself throw it all away to sit in a landfill when I know they can become something else, first hand, because many of the products I work with are Green products that have been recycled.

The number one thing being coroplast, corrugated plastic, that’s the material most used for yard signs. I’m sure you’ve seen them on the side of the street with a little wire stake in it to hold it up, you’ve certainly seen them during the heavy months of political elections. Coroplast isn’t always used for yard signs, sometimes it’s used to make bigger signs, the sheets come as large a 4′ x 8′ and in a variety of color. The next biggest recycled material we use is scooterboard, it’s like wood, a tough durable material used as inserts in real estate frames.

Now, if you’ve spent any time looking through our gallery of finished works, I’m sure you’ll see that yard signs and real estate signs are a good portion of our sales. And they’re not our only Green products; we also have items like bamboo pop up stands for trade shows and High Density Polyethylene used for routed signs. So really, I just can’t make myself stop recycling, it would be bad for business.

City Permits – Better to plan ahead

Author: Amanda

For new business owners or those looking to buy a new business, it’s important to keep in mind that to place up a new permanent business sign or to update a pre-existing one, you need to have a city permit. City permits, their rules and regulations vary from city to city. For example, Dublin may have very strict rules on permanent signs going to be placed on the downtown street because they are aiming to keep a certain historic district feel. If you have a sign placed without having a city permit the city can request for your sign to be taken down and on certain occasions fines can be charged.

The process of waiting for an approval on an application can take weeks, and there is no way to expedite the process. To save yourself headaches and the struggle of making sure your new business has a sign on its grand opening day, take the time to research and apply for a permit in your area.  Below is a link for the City of Worthington’s website and their applications for sign permits:

http://www.worthington.org/index.aspx?NID=468

‘Yuengling Medflight’

Author: Amanda

For the last weekend of the ski season at Mad River Mountain, there was a cardboard sled-building event. All entry creations could only be made with cardboard, paint, zip ties, and duct tape, with the exception of sled decorations. With the Yuengling brewing company as a sponsor, there were chances of a few cash prizes to be won. So the team of ‘Yuengling Medflight’ (comprised with members of the Mad River Mountain Ski Patrol, and a few of our staff as well) decided to go the extra mile and place decal lettering on their ‘vehicle’.

While the Yuenling Medflight didn’t win any prizes in the race, the team agrees it was extremely fun to build. View a picture of the creation on our Facebook page at:  http://www.facebook.com/NextDaySignsColumbus

The Sign Line

Author: Amanda

Our first American amendment right, freedom of speech, can sometimes open a can of worms when a person’s opinion can be very offensive. And when the subject of opinion is under the scrutiny of society, tensions can raise pretty quickly depending on what you think. Being a sign company of both personal and professional signs, we’ve had an array of people who wanted their opinion or cause written in big bold letters for everyone to see. Some of the signs we were able to make without a second thought; sport enthusiasts using puns to cheer on their favored team, support signs for a cause and political signs have never caused much of a stirring inside the store. However, with a variety of different movements and protests often covered by the news, we did wonder, where would we draw the line with sign making? Would there be a line?

After consideration we all agreed that a line would be made. We would continue to remain a business with no political or religious affiliation, and produce any type of personal sign, provided that the sign did not deprecate a particular group of people. And while we’ve never needed to enforce this particular ruling, I felt better for the decision. The way the subject had been approached and discussed made me really appreciate the company and people I work with.