Ortwein Sign wins Mid-South Sign Association design contest

Ortwein Sign has won first place in the Wall Mounted/Channel Letters category at this year’s Mid-South Sign Association design contest.

Ortwein’s entry this year is a neon-lit blade sign custom built for Greg Wyatt’s Vintage Corvette storefront in Summerville, Georgia. Greg Wyatt purchased a historic building for his store in Summerville, Georgia. The building was previously home to Davis Brothers Motor Co. in the early 1950s, and later Jackson Chevrolet. Wyatt was looking for a series of signs that use neon and vintage-inspired designs to fit the look of the historic sign that then adorned the building.

“We love projects like these that let us show off our love for vintage signs,” said Colleen Teal, Ortwein Sign’s president. “Thanks to our many years crafting new signs, and restoring vintage signs, our team has the knowledge to blend those skills together to craft signs like this that look vintage, include real neon made in-house by our team, and still are made to fit modern safety standards.”

This is Ortwein Sign’s second consecutive year winning 1st place in a category prize, after winning for Large Freestanding Sign in 2020, and this is the company’s third award, including Best Sign Overall for Songbirds in 2017, in the Mid-South Sign Association design contest.

Ortwein Sign has been in business since 1923. After new ownership acquired Ortwein Sign in 2007, and with the addition of a Nashville office in 2018, Ortwein Sign has continued to grow and expand its services out to more and more clients throughout the Southeast.