Derby Downtown Lighting & Signage Plan

Community Workshop #1 - Lighting Core Values and
Goals Feedback
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Bus stops need to be well-lit
No ‘young-trendy’ designs - try to save the history of the district
COMMUNITY WORKSHOP #1 -VISUAL PREFERENCE IMAGERY
During the workshop, ‘best practice’ image sheets were provided to each table team, and the team selected those images they felt would be a good fit for
the Derby District, or which illustrated a specific type of light or sign they wanted to include in the new lighting and signage plan. The following images
were those selected by the workshop participants.
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Maintenance and costs of lights are important - street lights and
guidance lights need to be easy and cost-efficient to maintain
Lights should be durable and easy to repair - many of the ‘new’
lights in Derby don’t work or have been damaged
Private business lights - how do these impact the street lights?
In general the whole district is dark and needs more lighting
Lighting should be beautiful & unique, like Larimer Square
String lights? Are these hard to maintain?
Although this sign was seen as too
large , the idea of reflecting a 1950’s
era style was appealing
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Derby should have its own unique lighting
Lighting should provide safety as well as light and help direct
people to places of interest (seating areas should be lit)
Community Workshop #1 -Signage & Wayfinding Core
Values and Goals Feedback
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Private business signs are an issue - existing ordinance should be
enforced
Both of these images were selected for their use of fun, interesting color and
their tall, columnar form
The appeal of this sign
was its scale and how
its open internal steel
structure reflected a
historic railroad character
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Entrance into Derby at El Jardin should be improved with signage
(add to triangle area)
Signage should help get more business into Derby!
Bus stops could have Derby maps
Reflect the history of Derby in the signs
Placemaking - make a big Derby hat!
Auto signs should have large enough lettering, and not be too tall
(like existing Northfield signs)
It would be nice to have benches near the pedestrian signs
Overhead ‘Welcome to Derby’ sign
Signs should be aesthetic as well as informative
We need to make it easier for businesses to invest in new signs
The use of transparency and
bright, vivid colors was the reason
workshop participants gave for
selecting this image
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