I hope I can make it there.
New big blue signs in SoWal
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In this mornings NW Fla Daily News. Meeting TODAY 9AM TDC HEADQUARTERS. -
TDC to address blue signs today
By ANDY MEINEN andym@nwfdailynews.com
SANTA ROSA BEACH ? Claire Bannerman said there is only one option for the big blue signs that dot Walton County Road 30A: Removal.
Bannerman is a member of the Scenic Pride Initiative, a group of residents who want the metal signs removed.
The Walton County Tourist Development Council began to install the signs in January.
Bannerman will get her chance to speak at the TDC?s meeting at 9 a.m. today at the council?s office at the corner of U.S. Highway 98 and U.S. Highway 331. The council spent about $260,000 on 49 directional and community signs to be placed at the Walton County lines and along CR 30A and its feeder roads. But the new markers caused a stir as soon when they were being installed and prompted the TDC to halt the work until a solution is found.
TDC Interim Executive Director Sonny Mares said he does not know what the council will recommend at today?s meeting.
Bannerman said the Scenic Pride Initiative already has several simpler, smaller designs for the signs to give to the TDC. They are about 3 feet tall and only have the names of the communities on them, she said. The TDC?s blue signs are 7 to 15 feet tall.
What if the TDC decides to keep the blue signs?
?That?s unacceptable,? said Bannerman, who added that she hopes residents and the TDC can work together to find a solution.
Many people have said the signs look out of place; they are too big and too blue.
?We do believe in signage,? Bannerman said. ?But it has to be absolutely right and in harmony with nature and the roadway.?
Daily News Staff Writer Andy Meinen can be reached at 654-6905.
Go Claire, et al. 
Go Claire, et al.
I hope the "et al" will be an overflow crowd like the last meeting at the library!
Just in case, I am packing breakfast and coffee and a chair- I can tailgate in the parking lot.
News TV 7 said the meeting will be in library during their broadcast this morning. Can anyone confirm?
Amazing. What a mess they have created before the meeting even starts. If this is true, I hope there is a sign at the TDC building directing everyone over. Or I will stand at the TDC myself and be a "Meeting Wayfinding Jdarg".
The library is my most recent information, but my information hasn't been super reliable. My plan is to eyeball the TDC parking lot as I pass on my way to the library just to make sure!
I hope the "et al" will be an overflow crowd like the last meeting at the library!
Just in case, I am packing breakfast and coffee and a chair- I can tailgate in the parking lot.
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signs coming down. more to follow.
