ISA Educates Planners in Oakland
Thirty-five planners from 29 jurisdictions in California participated in the joint ISA/CSA/SFI Planning for Sign Code Success event in Oakland. The event was also sponsored by the Northern Section of the California APA. Last year ISA, CSA, and Southern Section APA also teamed together and held a workshop in Orange County, Calif. These events are excellent forums designed to educate local sign code officials about the benefits of signs to businesses and communities. Attendees learned about sign construction technologies, how to effectively treat EMCs, legal issues in sign regulation, the economic impact of signs, the process in developing sign codes and the policy implications of urban wayfinding.
ISA, its Affiliated Associations and the Signage Foundation Inc., are dedicated to educating planners on the value of on-premises signs, with the goal of helping them create reasonable and beneficial sign codes across the country. So far in 2013, over 100 planners and other local sign code officials from over 80 cities and towns in 6 states have been educated at these events. For more information, contact ISA’s David Hickey.
