The Lafayette Urban Renewal Authority on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, launched a contest to select identifier signage designs for two locations on U.S. Highway 287. Graphic designers and artists are being asked to submit sign designs to the City of Lafayette Community Development Department by 3 p.m. on Dec. 3, 2012. The designer of the signage designs that are ultimately selected by the Lafayette Urban Renewal Authority (LURA) will receive a stipend of $2,300.

LURA is seeking design concepts for two signs that express Downtown Lafayette’s character as a “Creative, Diverse and Eclectic” destination, utilize our new Old Town logo, and act as identifier signage for the Old Town commercial area. The first of these signs (“sign A”) will be located at the southeast intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and Baseline Road and will incorporate an electronic message board component. The second of these signs (“sign B”) will be located near the southeast intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and So. Boulder Road.