By Glenn Hicks

Pointing the way: P.A. gets new wayfinding signs

Sep 18, 2018 | 5:00 PM

Some extra touches are being put in place toward sprucing up the Prince Albert downtown, promoting awareness of what the central core has to offer, and boosting civic pride.

A dozen wayfinding signs are going up at key spots just outside of the downtown to accompany other new signs already in place to assist visitors and residents in locating a number of public arts, cultural, and historical attractions.

The metallic signs feature various imagery that is functional and promotional according to the city’s Communications Manager Kiley Bear.

“We have some general wayfinding signs for our cultural assets, as well as some historical imagery and the downtown logo that signifies you’ve arrived in downtown. There are also visuals connecting to our history,” Bear told paNOW.

She added the signage was another element in the rejuvenation of the downtown.

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“We have the Central Avenue revitalization project going on with the streetscape and the University of Saskatchewan campus coming, so projects like these all contribute to a growing effort to change the look and feel of our downtown,” Bear said.

Thirty one signs in all, with a brown and black colour scheme, are being erected: 12 of them are specific wayfinding signs just outside of downtown pointing the way to the sites, and they will accompany 19 others already situated close to specific locations.

The directional signs are for the Mann Art Gallery, E.A. Rawlinson Centre, JMC Public Library, Rotary Trail/Riverbank, Prince Albert Arts Centre, Prince Albert Historical Museum and Memorial Square. They were paid for through a crowdfunding campaign which was part of the This Place Matters competition held by the National Trust of Canada.

“Signage is a big part of tourism and also to bring an identity to an area,” Carolyn Carleton with the P.A. Downtown Business Improvement District told paNOW. “With the historical pictures on the signs it really helps bring a sense of community.”

Judy MacLeod Campbell, the Arts and Cultural Coordinator for Prince Albert said in a media release that the signs had proven to be popular with the community and were a good fit for the city’s Municipal Cultural Action Plan.

“These signs will be another great way to remind local residents of the cultural assets of the downtown.”

glenn.hicks@jpbg.ca

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