New big blue signs in SoWal

[Smiling JOe]

I'm not sure what gives you the impression that Rosemary Beach is anything more than a community.

 

[TooFarTampa]

Shocking- no glowing supportive letters.

I am all for a volunteer work day- if the TDC can figure out a way to get some new paint to stick, adjust the sign heights, and get some plants (that will be expensive but necessary), then maybe volunteers can assist in the "wayfinding sign beautification project". Maybe even groups can "adopt" a sign, like portions of the highway are adopted.

This is the problematic part. I can only imagine that the paint had to be applied in a controlled environment, was sprayed on, and is oil-based (or maybe even resin based or some type of powder coating). Even a pro might have trouble getting new paint to adhere properly and neatly, and if it isn't done perfectly it will reduce the life of the signs.

I say, reduce the life of the signs to zero. Hey TDC -- you screwed up! Everyone does it, some people even do it in front of a huge number of people (btdt). Do what any good mama would say you should do -- admit your mistake, apologize, and put a plan in place to make it right. And make those plans public! Period.

It is very simple. The signs do not belong and from all accounts they are highly offensive, even painful, to the vast majority of people who love SoWal. So make it right.

 

[seacrestkristi]

I'm not sure what gives you the impression that Rosemary Beach is anything more than a community.

You mean it's just a development too, not a real town recognized by the county? I've seen them on maps outside of that area, I believe.

 

[John R]

If someone got a wild hair and wanted to do some midnight sign razing, I think the beast way to do it would be to attach a 2x12 to the front bumper of a heavy (1ton) pickup truck and nudge the signs until they fall. (They are breakaway for safety, but may have a minimum impact rating.) At the end of the exercise, all that would need to be done would be to sand down the now blue colored board and integrate it into the flooring system of a new home. A little piece of monkeywrenching history in one's own home. If.

 

[jodiFL]

How did Rosemary get out of the blue signs though? They are a real town, aren't they?.

Maybe they just havent gotten to them yet, but RMB is just another development community like all the rest. Correct me if I am wrong, but the only ones that used to be "towns" were Dune Allen, BMB, Grayton, Seagrove, Eastern Lake, Camp Creek, and Seacrest.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Now that was a good book, The MonkeyWrench Gang.

SeacrestKristi, seeing a name on a map doesn't make it a town. Rosemary has their own Post Office branch so that owners don't have to put the city of Panama City Beach as their mailing address, but that doesn't make it a town. They do have the only traffic lights on 30A, but that doesn't make it a town either. It is still just a development community. When completed, WaterSound will be more of a town than any other development along 30A, with maybe the exception of WaterColor, but WaterSound is still not a town any more than Sandestin is a town.

 

[seacrestkristi]

Wow, really thanks jodiFL. How about Inlet? It's on a lot of maps.

 

[jodiFL]

yep..I forgot IB. But it is after 30A goes back into 98 so Idont really think of it as a part of the "towns" on 30A.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Maybe they just havent gotten to them yet, but RMB is just another development community like all the rest. Correct me if I am wrong, but the only ones that used to be "towns" were Dune Allen, BMB, Grayton, Seagrove, Eastern Lake, Camp Creek, and Seacrest.

I still think of each of these as communities, not towns. What defines a town? I may have to look that one up, but I don't think a development makes a town. I think of signs in PCB identifying Sunnyside. Its just an area of PCB.
After reading the definition, I can see definitions which fit many people's thoughts. I identify with #1, including the part about having local gov't.

town –noun 1.a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government. 2.a densely populated area of considerable size, as a city or borough. 3.(esp. in New England) a municipal corporation with less elaborate organization and powers than a city. 4.(in most U.S. states except those of New England) a township. 5.any urban area, as contrasted with its surrounding countryside. 6.the inhabitants of a town; townspeople; citizenry. 7.the particular town or city in mind or referred to: living on the outskirts of town; to be out of town. 8.a nearby or neighboring city; the chief town or city in a district: I am staying at a friend's apartment in town. 9.the main business or shopping area in a town or city; downtown.

I don't see the requirement of being on a map. Now that I think about it, Google Earth lists Devil's Swamp on their maps, but not other beach communities. Devils Swamp (north side of the IntraCoastal in Pt Washignton) sure isn't a town.

 

[seacrestkristi]

So to me that explains why they didn't get a county sign if they are not a real township, right? Did Inlet get theirs yet?
Yeah, SJ, you're right, it depends whose making the map. Can Rand McNally be bought?