Newest digs more than just OK.Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard Imagine Graphics' new store on Garfield Street is adding some zest and color to the west Eugene industrial/commercial corridor. Commuters along West 11th can't help but notice the four 14-foot by 14-foot images plastered plas·tered adj. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. plastered Adjective Slang drunk Adj. 1. on the store's southern exterior wall. There's a shimmering shim·mer intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers 1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash. 2. blue-green butterfly butterfly, any of a large group of insects found throughout most of the world; with the moths, they comprise the order Lepidoptera. There are about 12 families of butterflies. Most adult moths and butterflies feed on nectar sucked from flowers. , a vibrant orange gerber daisy, an OK hand sign and a golden sun icon. Technically, they're murals - not signs. But it's probably some of the best advertising the small graphics shop could do to show people what they're capable of, following a $2.5 million expansion. The company, originally named Sign of the Times, was founded in 1993 by husband-and-wife Chris Meeker Meeker may refer to: Places
Last year the couple bought the former Miller Paint building at 990 Garfield St. After nine months of renovation and the $2.5 million investment in the property and new equipment, Meeker and Leaf unveiled the new store - and company name - at a grand opening on Wednesday. They said they hope to triple sales in the next two years. (Meeker declined to disclose the company's annual revenues.) The shop creates signs, banners, graphics and designs for vehicles and trade-show displays. "We can basically print just about anything on virtually every material you can imagine," Meeker said. New equipment purchases will enable the shop to offer additional services- such as printing digital photos or images on wallpaper wallpaper was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th cent. as an inexpensive substitute for costly hangings. The French developed marbled papers, introduced from the East via Italy and used at first for box coverings, into larger sheets for wall coverings and also made and on ceramic This article is about ceramic materials. For the fine art, see Ceramic art. The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). tiles - that the owners say weren't previously available locally. As part of the expansion, Imagine Graphics doubled its staff to 11 employees. The company applied for tax breaks under the recently resurrected west Eugene enterprise zone, which offers three years of property tax waivers to companies expanding in the zone. Meeker estimates the value of the tax waiver The voluntary surrender of a known right; conduct supporting an inference that a particular right has been relinquished. The term waiver is used in many legal contexts. to be $30,000 over the three-year period. "That has allowed us to invest in the equipment and people to make all of this happen," Meeker said. Meeker said he and Leaf are borrowing about $2.2 million from Pacific Continental Bank and Leaf's family to fund the expansion. |
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