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Commission backs modern obelisk design for Westlake gateway; asks for matched towers and historical text
Summary
The Planning Commission endorsed staff-preferred Concept C for a gateway sign on West Main — a tall Corten-steel obelisk with sail-shaped finial and rippled-glass backlighting — and requested a matched, shorter companion on the opposite side, inclusion of the city's founding year, and 'City by the Lake' copy.
The commission voted to advance a staff-recommended gateway sign concept for the Westlake / West Main entrance to Hendersonville.
Planner Timothy Whitten described three concepts prepared under an on-call contract with Gresham Smith and an environmental designer: a refined traditional monument (Concept A), a contemporary wide-base sign (Concept B), and a tall, narrow obelisk-like tower (Concept C). Staff recommended Concept C as "memorable," easy to place in constrained right-of-way and replicable…
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