ALEXANDRIA… Holiday Signs is Central Virginia’s premier custom electric sign company and, just in case you haven’t noticed, we work in your town too! We’ve been turning traffic into customers for over 40 years and look forward to the chance to help your organization attract attention in your part of Virginia. Contact: Mark Hackley, […]
Are Solar Power Signs Feasible for Signage Off the Grid? SUN POWER Photovoltaic (PV) powered signs (solar-powered signs), can operate independently off the grid generating electricity directly from sunlight. Recent technological advances in low voltage LED lighting and thin-film solar cell technology are combining to make solar options a bit easier to digest from […]
KEEPING SCORE AT VCU A Closer Look at a Complicated Digital Display Installation TOP RATED SIGN INSTALLERS FOR A TOP RATED TEAMAccording to today’s Associated Press Top 25 Men’s College Basketball poll, the VCU Rams are Ranked 16th in the US. Before the start of this year’s season, Holiday Signs was involved in assembling and […]
Branding Multiple Sites Part 1- Signs for Regional Industrial Properties LOTS OF SITES, LOTS OF SIGNS A Virginia property management firm needed help with branding a client’s industrial parks, and reached out to Holiday Signs for some guidance. Amy Marsden with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) originally contacted Holiday Signs‘ project manager, Allen Twedt, early last […]
Virginia Banks Meet for 2015 Economic Outlook Around 500 bankers and others following the financial industry met in Richmond last week to hear two speakers offer their insight to economic signs for 2015. John Reinhart, CEO/Executive Director of the Virginia Port Authority, and Jeffrey M. Lacker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, both […]
Cold Temperatures and Signage How does cold weather affect my sign? Good question. With temperatures dropping to 5 degrees in Central Virginia tonight, and with cold temperatures across the Commonwealth all week, I thought it would be appropriate to write a short blog about cold temperatures and signage. Hopefully signs you already have in place […]
Using Dimensional Letters for Your Main Signage TO LIGHT OR NOT TO LIGHT, THAT IS THE QUESTION Retailers need to stand out in their commercial neighborhoods and use eye-catching signs for branding and advertising. So choosing internally illuminated electric signs and graphics for their stores is routine business. Many of the biggest regional retail […]
Examples of Sign Projects in Virginia Allow us to help your next sign project stand out! #14…Connects Federal Credit Union, Chesterfield Connects Federal Credit Union relocated to an existing building located at a highly visible yet challenging crossroads in that roads came from several directions and it was difficult to determine the best locations for […]
Holiday Signs is Central Virginia’s premier custom electric sign company and, just in case you haven’t noticed, we work in your town too! We’ve been turning traffic into customers for over 40 years and look forward to the chance to help your organization attract attention in your part of Virginia. See links below for building […]
Our Approach to Selling Signs, Part 5 Sign Prototypes & Demonstrations PART OF A PROCESS The following examples are how we have used sign prototypes and demonstrations and involve some of the most technically challenging situations and why they were a necessity. But even when selling the more typical sign projects like electronic message centers […]
How to Restore Old Theater Marquees? How Signage Restores the Glamour of Virginia’s Downtowns NEON NICHE Historic marquee sign restoration at theaters is one of the few remaining applications for neon lighting and signs, which is gradually being replaced by greener LED lighting technology. “This could be the last big neon job we’ll do,” […]
How to Rebrand a Shopping Center? GLAMOUR LOST? If your shopping center’s signs have been around more than ten years, this article may help you ponder a sign renovation project. Replacing or upgrading signage at shopping centers is a good way to turn humdrum entrances and storefronts into dazzling attractions. Styles change and weather […]
How to Buy an Electric Sign? Part 1: Deciding What’s Right when Choosing Signage A PROCESS On any given day, our project managers are working on a variety of sign types. I walked through our Chester shop and among the many projects in production, I noticed a set of custom channel letters for a […]