Committee hears plan for 40 regional wayfinding signs and digital kiosks

Lisa Sturgeon, steering committee chair of the regional branding group now called the GBR, asked the Business and Economic Development Committee to accept a package of wayfinding signs and to note progress on a regional kiosks rollout.

Sturgeon said the regional effort has spent about $375,000 on projects to support economic growth across 21 communities that make up the greater Bangor region. “The SIM cards from T‑Mobile, who is sponsoring the first year of connectivity, arrived,” Sturgeon said, describing the imminent deployment of five digital kiosks. She said the marketing work included a regional brand, a photo-asset library and a paid marketing campaign.

Sturgeon asked the committee to accept 40 physical wayfinding signs focused on the Bangor waterfront and other downtown sites and said most signs would attach to existing poles and replace worn signage. She said nine of 14 project photo shoots took place in Bangor itself and that the regional brand will be used consistently across kiosks and signs. Sturgeon said kiosks and signs will include QR codes so visitors can look up destinations from a smartphone.

Committee members asked about technical details and placement; a presenter said most of the signs are replacements and that roughly 10 would be new. A council member asked whether the kiosks pair with an app; Sturgeon said users will be able to scan a QR code from the kiosk. No formal vote on accepting the signs was recorded in the transcript.

The presentation included requests for the committee’s support and acceptance of the signage package; committee discussion was limited to clarifying attachment methods and kiosk functionality. The transcript did not record a motion, mover or vote on the request.