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Financial Institutions Benefit from Effective Signage
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Financial Institutions Benefit from Effective Signage

Well-designed signage allows companies — including financial institutions like banks and credit unions — to increase brand awareness and build trust...
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How to Create ADA Compliant Signs
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How to Create ADA Compliant Signs

Creating ADA compliant signs involves understanding the ADA’s rules plus following best practices for signage based on the needs of people with disabilities.
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Where is my car? Examining wayfinding behavior in a parking lot
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Where is my car? Examining wayfinding behavior in a parking lot

Shopping malls are one of the most ubiquitous spaces of modern capitalist cities. It is calculated that in the United...
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Using Design-Build Contracts
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Using Design-Build Contracts

A design-build contract is defined by a single point of contact and can offer time savings and other efficiencies, but it comes with potential drawbacks.
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5 Ways Digital Signs Improve the Customer Experience at Bank Branches
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5 Ways Digital Signs Improve the Customer Experience at Bank Branches

Video displays can make financial institutions more attractive and approachable.
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A Solar Solution for Manzo Freeman
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A Solar Solution for Manzo Freeman

In early spring of 2020, Manzo Freeman Development (MFD) — a privately-owned commercial real estate firm — reached out to Metro...
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Partnering with a Design-Build Signage Company Protects Budgets and Timelines
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Partnering with a Design-Build Signage Company Protects Budgets and Timelines

When you’re faced with a mammoth project that spans three years and involves many stakeholders, collaboration and communication are critical...
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The Challenges of Creating & Installing Signage in Historic Districts
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The Challenges of Creating & Installing Signage in Historic Districts

Facing a signage project that requires designing a sign package for an existing historic building presents its own unique challenges. You can fit sign programs to the building while still maintaining the business owner’s aesthetic.
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Solar Powered LED Sign Lighting Systems with Floods or Internal LEDs
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Solar Powered LED Sign Lighting Systems with Floods or Internal LEDs

Commercial solar LED sign lighting systems manufactured in the USA by SEPCO providing a great solution for businesses, cities, communities, HOA signs.
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Signs That Define a Building, and Sometimes a City – The New York Times
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Signs That Define a Building, and Sometimes a City – The New York Times

Building signs have grown into a $37.5 billion industry. Some have become so iconic they are permanent parts of the landscape, often standing in for their hometowns.
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A Signage Transformation: From Average to Elegant
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A Signage Transformation: From Average to Elegant

The most effective outdoor signage does more than point out the entrance to your business’s parking lot. Well-designed outdoor signs...
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A Guide to Freestanding Signs for Your Business
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A Guide to Freestanding Signs for Your Business

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The Massport Sign at the Braintree Split: Delivered with Speedy Professionalism
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The Massport Sign at the Braintree Split: Delivered with Speedy Professionalism

Three major highways — Interstate 93, U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 — converge at the Braintree Split. Just 10...
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The 7 Key Elements of Digital Signage and How They Have Evolved with the Industry
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The 7 Key Elements of Digital Signage and How They Have Evolved with the Industry

Depending on who you ask (factor in how long they have been around), digital signage as we know it came on the scene just after the turn of the century. For some of us, that seems like last week… but I digress. It began as an advertising medium, and this focus is easily demonstrated by the first iteration of the digital signage trade show, the Digital Retail Expo. A new vision of advertising opportunities was coincident with the development of flat panel displays and compact video projection. From the beginning, it just made sense to change out the time-honored static
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9 Common Signage Mistakes to Avoid
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9 Common Signage Mistakes to Avoid

You have have a lot to think about when starting a business: business name, domain name, logo design, website design, business cards and more. Around 2 months ago I began looking for an office. I found the perfect location. One thing that I've never dealt with is a business sign. I [...]
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A New Look for Worcester Cultural Coalition’s JMAC Popup and BrickBox Theater
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A New Look for Worcester Cultural Coalition’s JMAC Popup and BrickBox Theater

Worcester’s Cultural Coalition Popup’s mission is simple: to support active creative engagement and foster a strong cultural identity for Greater...
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Why Effective Communication is Highly Important During a Crisis
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Why Effective Communication is Highly Important During a Crisis

Your every correspondence from the top is an opportunity to nurture a relationship.
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Critical Role of Signage During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Critical Role of Signage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While COVID-19 has presented incredible challenges across nearly all industries, it also highlights the critical role being played by the...
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A Blaze of Crimson Light: The Story of Neon
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A Blaze of Crimson Light: The Story of Neon

Neon is a dull and invisible gas until it’s trapped in a tube and zapped with electricity. Literally pulled out of thin air, neon became the bright light of the modern world, a symbol of progress, and an essential component of the electronic age.
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Optimizing Higher Education Signage with Metro Sign & Awning
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Optimizing Higher Education Signage with Metro Sign & Awning

No one likes to get lost! And one of the best ways an institution can help people find their way...
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What You Need to Request a Quote for Exterior Signage Projects
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What You Need to Request a Quote for Exterior Signage Projects

Whether you’re in the early planning or construction stage of a new residential or mixed-use development or starting to think...
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Fresh Campus Signs Welcome Students Back to School
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Fresh Campus Signs Welcome Students Back to School

Campus "Freshened Up" with New Wayfinding and Identification Signs Color matching is important, and trickier than it sounds. (Ask any parent...
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Small Details Key to Big Brand Signage Surveys, Installs
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Small Details Key to Big Brand Signage Surveys, Installs

Metro’s Keene, NH crew has been busy with installations for national brands this summer. Find out what it takes to...
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Summer in the City: Awnings and Enclosures Can Heat Up Sales
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Summer in the City: Awnings and Enclosures Can Heat Up Sales

So it's summer, and your customers want to sit in the shade. Remember January? We were excited to install a vestibule...
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Boston YOTEL Opens with Smart Spaces in Seaport District
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Boston YOTEL Opens with Smart Spaces in Seaport District

We’re very excited about YOTEL Boston’s Grand Opening! The forward-thinking micro hotel offers a “smart, flexible space that suites individual...
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How Effective is Your Signage – Survey
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How Effective is Your Signage – Survey

You don’t want ANYONE to overlook your business signage. But it may be so familiar to you that you barely...
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The Infinite Possibilities of Vinyl Graphics
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The Infinite Possibilities of Vinyl Graphics

New owner of full-service salon sees vibrant results with new logo, new sign When Infinity Hair, a full-service salon and...
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Overcoming Signage Restrictions with Creativity and Style
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Overcoming Signage Restrictions with Creativity and Style

Glass House in Cambridge was working with a visibility issue with respect to its new Kendall Square location. Since the...
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Big Retail Center Calls for Bigger Sign in Keene
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Big Retail Center Calls for Bigger Sign in Keene

When the owner of One-Stop Country Pet Supply planned to move to one of Keene, NH's biggest retail centers, she knew...
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Large and Oversized Signs Go Big for Your Brand When Design is Right
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Large and Oversized Signs Go Big for Your Brand When Design is Right

When it comes to business signage, size matters. While it's not always accurate to say, "the bigger the better," well,...
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Making Signs Stand Out, Blend in with Beautiful Campgrounds
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Making Signs Stand Out, Blend in with Beautiful Campgrounds

From Concept to Design to Fabrication - GSEM Signage Enhances Organization's Brand Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEM) came to...
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2016 The Year in Signs & Signage Project Highlights
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2016 The Year in Signs & Signage Project Highlights

Our talented creative team is already hard at work creating signs you'll see in 2017, but they recently got together to...
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Renovating a Beautiful Old Sign in Keene, NH
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Renovating a Beautiful Old Sign in Keene, NH

enovating an old sign is something like a makeover. The ‘after’ appears beautiful true to the original, but sports an...
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Affordable Urban Living at The Merc | Moody & Main Apartments
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Affordable Urban Living at The Merc | Moody & Main Apartments

The Merc at Moody & Main has an urban feel thanks to its location in downtown Waltham, but rents are...
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How Long Will Outdoor Wooden Signs Last?
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How Long Will Outdoor Wooden Signs Last?

If you want your outdoor wooden signs to stand the test of time, you'll have to weatherproof them.
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Now Showing: Signs that Showcase Your Brand
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Now Showing: Signs that Showcase Your Brand

National Amusements is committed to providing the ultimate entertainment experience in theatres around the world under its four cinemas brands...
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Exterior Signage: Styles and Types of Freestanding Signs
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Exterior Signage: Styles and Types of Freestanding Signs

With this post and others in our Signs 101 series, we do our best to cut through “sign speak.” Questions?...
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Outdoor Sign Placement for Businesses
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Outdoor Sign Placement for Businesses

Sign design and the message of your sign require careful thought, but the placement of your signage is very important, as this post explains.
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5 Signs Your Business Signage Needs an Upgrade
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5 Signs Your Business Signage Needs an Upgrade

You maintain your business signage, keep it clean and free of graffiti. But as with any major investment, there may...
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Recent Work – The Point in Littleton, MA
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Recent Work – The Point in Littleton, MA

Metro Sign & Awning has installed 29 pole mounted tenant banners at The Point in Littleton, MA. Each banner is...
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Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which first became the law of the land in 1991, has made incalculable improvements...
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Secrets of Pylon Signage
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Secrets of Pylon Signage

It’s hard to drive or walk far in today’s built-up areas without encountering a pylon sign, sometimes called a pole...
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How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name?
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How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name?

How Many Kinds of Signs Can You Name? There are more than 206 bones in the human body, each one...
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Inside Metro Signs – Corey Fisher, Partner, V.P. Operations
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Inside Metro Signs – Corey Fisher, Partner, V.P. Operations

With a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Corey Fisher is a man who knows how to...
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Working With General Contractors – Our Safety Program

It's a little bit too technical for the kind of blog this is primarily intended to be, but for a...
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Helping You Find Your Way Around
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Helping You Find Your Way Around

If you'd watched us work for the past couple of weeks, you might've thought we were going around in circles....
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Inside Metro Signs – Jamie Potvin, Designer
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Inside Metro Signs – Jamie Potvin, Designer

For Jamie Potvin, the process starts when information about a new project begins to trickle in through one of the...
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Getting Permits for Business Signs
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Getting Permits for Business Signs

Pretty much any sign you can think of, we can make for you. But that doesn't mean you can get...
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How Much Does a Sign Cost? Return on Sign Investment Calculator Has the Answer

That big sign outside your door – it’s more than just a nameplate for your business. It’s even more than...
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53 State Street, Part 2: Sign Up! (Installation)
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53 State Street, Part 2: Sign Up! (Installation)

Metro Sign & Awning was pleased to partner with Lincoln Property Company, Shawmut Construction, and CBT Architects on the stately...
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Variety, Experience Give Metro an Edge (3 downloads)
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Variety, Experience Give Metro an Edge (3 downloads)

At Metro, we consider ourselves lucky to work on a wide variety of different projects. We take pride in selecting...
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