THE OCEANSIDER: Finalists Selected for Oceanside Community Entry Sign View Them and Vote for Your Favorite Design Below

By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider

When Oceansiders brainstormed community projects at workshops early last year, some raised the longstanding interest in customized community entry signs at our north and south boundaries. Oceanside resident Kris Woolpert followed up by assembling a volunteer team to solicit designs from Oceanside‘s artists and explore funding through the Tillamook Coast Visitors’ Association Wayfinding Program.

Oceanside‘s artists responded to the team’s invitation (previously published in The Oceansider) by submitting 12 designs. Woolpert’s team then narrowed them to three top choices utilizing a “blind” process that concealed the artists’ names. (The names will be announced after the selection process is complete). The group that selected the three finalists included Kris Woolpert (Chair), Jim Moran, Cathy Hendrix, Sally Tuttle, Andrew Roberts, Pam Zielinski, Bruce Jaeger and Nan Devlin. Among other criteria, the team looked for a “realistic representation” of the Oceanside area, “strong graphics” and “clearly defined lettering.” This week, Woolpert contacted community groups with a request to announce the finalists and inform the community how to vote on their favorites (see below).

In an interview with The Oceansider, TCVA Executive Director Nan Devlin advised that funds to fabricate and install Oceanside‘s signs will be included in the 2024-2025 Wayfinding Program budget proposal that her organization will be submitting to the County Commissioners this spring. Those funds derive from Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) revenues that the county collects from short term rentals in the county’s unincorporated communities, including Oceanside. “If all goes well,” Devlin stated, she is “hopeful” that the signs can be constructed and installed before the end of this year.

Below you will find the three finalist designs and a link to a ballot where you can cast a vote for your favorite. Voting will be held open through March 8. For those without internet, the Team will post info at the Community Hall on how to vote by telephone. This info is going out to several mailing lists, so please only vote once per person.

Option No. 1

Option No. 2

Option No. 3

Click here to cast your
Oceanside Community Sign Ballot

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

March 4 Oceanside Community Club Potluck
Oceanside Community Hall – 6 p.m.
Speaker: Robert Bradley, Fisheries Biologist
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

March 5 ONA/OPS Fusion Hotel Community Meeting
(Oceanside Cabins Replacement Project)
Oceanside Community Hall – 6 p.m.
Architect Steve Ewoldt

March 14 OAP Trails Committee Meeting
Oceanside Community Hall – 4- 5 p.m.

March 18 ONA Short Term Rental Cap Committee Meeting
Netarts Fire Hall – 7 p.m.

And that’s the view from Oceanside!