Monday, January 7, 2013
The Lansdale Communications Commission chairman, the Economic Development Committee chairwoman and the Lansdale borough manager weigh in on the next steps in the branding initiative
With the branding package in effect in Lansdale Borough, various departments will begin incorporating parts of the brand narrative into their daily structure. For instance, the code enforcement department has begun using the logo as watermarks on interoffice memos. In the next couple of weeks, it will look at purchasing new clothing with the new logo, as other pieces of attire wear out. Few borough council members are still confused as to the branding initiative; it is not something to be approved by council — thereby restricting the borough to its logo, the "Life in Motion" tagline and various other aspects of the narrative. The brand is to be implemented via numerous recommendations by North Star Destination Strategies, and spearheaded …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Council President Matt West, Borough Manager Timi Kirchner, Communications Commission Chairman Denton Burnell and Economic Development Committee Chairwoman Mary Fuller respond to the harsh community response on the new branding package for Lansdale
Since North Star Destination Strategies' reviewed its $68,000 branding initiative with the Lansdale Borough Economic Development Committee and Communications Commission on Monday night, residents and non-residents alike have taken to Facebook and the water cooler to support or criticize the results. On Wednesday night, councilmembers and the borough manager responded to many of the criticisms they have been facing since Monday. "A few of you were there Monday night as the borough revealed our brand, and reading the articles, being there, reading many of the comments online, listening to folks around the neighborhood, I felt it necessary to talk about the brand tonight," said council President Matt West. West said the top question he has …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
November 11 will mark the first time that Lansdale Council business meeting packets will be available in draft form for the public on the borough's website. The new policy was the work of the Communications Commission, based on an idea from two councilmen
The documentation borough council members look at on their iPads at council meetings is now available to be viewed by the public. Council last Wednesday approved a policy for posting business meeting packets to the borough website. Council was acting on a recommendation from the communications commission, who was in turn acting on a suggestion from councilmen Rich DiGregorio and Steve Malagari. All business meeting documents, once approved by Manager Timi Kirchner, will be posted in PDF format to the website and marked as "draft." "Documents ... will be posted no sooner than noon on the Thursday prior to the council meeting," said Communications Commission Chairman Denton Burnell at the Oct. 15 meeting. Once the respective council meeting …
Sherrianne Rocchino
5:20 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I agree, this shouldn't be outsourced, what happened to the "buy locally" idea. more ›