Downtown Signage Proposal - Thursday's Planning Commission

At Thursday's Planning Commission meeting, the Commission will consider a proposal for new signage and wayfinding in Lakewood's downtown district.

A key recommendation for the downtown area of Detroit Avenue (Bunts to Arthur) from the Detroit Avenue Streetscape Plan (adopted in 2008) was the need for a creative and purposeful solution to brand the downtown district through a signage and wayfinding program. A program of this type provides visitors, business owners and residents the identification, direction and orientation necessary to support and enhance the Downtown Lakewood district.

Lakewood Alive, who earned a grant from Heritage Ohio to facilitate the process, formed a volunteer Downtown Signage Committee made up of Lakewood residents to assist the public engagement process. As part of the design process, input was solicited to help shape the plan through community meetings, business and resident surveys and presentations to both the Planning Commission and Architectural Board of Review. Even sample signs were created and placed downtown for public review and comment.

Planning Commission meets the first Thursday of every month at 7pm in the Auditorium at City Hall.