Sign designs for Village
A graphic of how the signs could look in Silverdale Village. These options are being put before the community for comment.
Silverdale Village is to get its own distinctive signs, with support from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.
Initial design ideas were drafted for the Silverdale Business Association, free of charge, by local board member Andy Dunn, who is a graphic artist.
The association is now putting those options before Silverdale businesses and the wider Silverdale community.
Silverdale Business chair Theo Simeonidis says these initial designs are simply to kick-start what he hopes will be a co-operative business and community consultation process.
Silverdale signs remove ‘Village’ and ‘Centre’
Attempts to change this sign have eventually been listened to.
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The controversial traffic sign at the intersection of Hibiscus Coast Highway and Silverdale Street has been changed a number of times “under cover of darkness” over the past two years.
The sign, which directs traffic into the village, read ‘Silverdale Village’ but in 2018 this was changed by AT, at the request of the Silverdale Business Association of the time, to ‘Silverdale Centre’.
It later became clear that most village businesses were not consulted, and a petition to change the name back gained almost 800 signatures. Many business owners said the village has its own identity, very different from the Silverdale Centre shops.