Behind the Sign

If you were to make the case that great sign makers are born, not made, Paul Lachapelle would serve as “Exhibit A.” His destiny might have seemed obvious from his childhood love of neon, but whatever the combination of nature and nurture played in determining his career path, the insurmountable fact is this: Paul Lachapelle is a stone cold sign guy.

To call the accomplishment of The Corps of Discovery a game changer would be an understatement. Short of the American space program and our human journey beyond our planet, no story of exploration comes close to the significance of Lewis & Clark’s in terms of how we see see ourselves as Americans — and most especially, as people of the American West. Meyer Sign would like to take you with us on a discovery of the Lewis & Clark story through what will ultimately become a book entitled, “The Core of Discovery: A Lewis & Clark Traveling Companion.”

On Monday, September 6, Meyer Sign lost a brother. We share in the grief of his family, but in the midst of that grief we want to celebrate his life while our memories are at their most poignant. And Gregg's life was worthy of celebration.

“And oh the stories we could tell And if this all blows up and goes to hell I can still see us sittin on the bed in some motel Listenin’ to the stories we could tell”

2020 was a darn tough year -- but to celebrate our good fortune and boundless hopes for the year ahead, we'd like to invite you to celebrate "A Very Meyer Christmas" with us. Here's how...

If you’ve ever included Meyer Sign & Advertising among your social media haunts, you probably know by now that we like to spin a yarn or two. And since we’ve been doing so for a six years now, I thought it was high time that I introduce myself as the storyteller-in-chief for our website series, “Behind the Sign.”

We’re just now heading into the second quarter of the beginning of the third decade of the not-so-new millennium. And what a start it has […]

It’s been said that if you walk into a local tavern up in beautiful Lake Chelan sporting a Manson Marina RC Boat Racing t-shirt, the men will avoid direct eye contact and keep a respectful distance. The women, however, are apt to be less timid. That’s right, Thin Lizzy, the boys are back in town — and they’re racing toy boats.

In July 2017, Ken Hitt became the owner of Meyer Sign & Advertising — and the first person to run the company who was unrelated […]

Meyer Sign has enjoyed a rich history spanning more than half a century…and it all started with an immigrant from Holland who believed in the […]

It will be 40 years this July since three stalwart members of the Mount Vernon Downtown Merchants Association stood in front of a newly installed sign, proudly, […]

If you’ve driven along Old Highway 99 lately (between Blackburn and Anderson), you’ve no doubt noticed the new Meyer Sign & Advertising display. It’s pretty […]