New Signs for City Limits

The “Welcome to Henderson” signs located at key thoroughfares were missing in action during January and most of February, but have now had a “makeover,” and all but one have been reinstalled.
The city limits signs (along with the Red Banks Park sign and one for the soon-to-open Municipal Services Center) were redesigned with the new community-wide branding color palette and the city’s version of the branding logo.

The city limits signs are located on U.S. 60-East near Wathen Lane, on U.S. 60-West near Henderson Community College, on U.S. 41 in the median at the foot of the Twin Bridges and on the section of U.S. 41 that was formerly the Pennyrile Parkway near the Henderson County Fairgrounds. The sign near HCC won’t be put in place until the U.S. 60 road-widening project is completed.

Speaking of signs, Henderson Parks and Recreation Department Director Trace Stevens said 10 of the 16 “History Walk” signs in Audubon Mill Park and Red Banks Park also have been reprinted and refreshed. Those signs were placed in 2003 and were starting to show signs of fading and age.

The signs, originally designed by graphic artist Fred Reaves, address such subject matter as the 1937 Flood, W.C. Handy, Audubon’s Mill, the railroad bridges, the old Station 1 Power Plant, Henderson’s gambling era and other topics.

Stevens said all of the History Walk signs would eventually be redone.