Entrance Signs for Summerfield Neighborhoods
Ask anyone who has driven US 220 north out of Greensboro lately and they will tell you the same thing: Summerfield is filling in. What used to be horse pasture and long gravel driveways along NC 150 and Summerfield Road is now dotted with new subdivisions on big lots, each one with its own turn-in off a two-lane road. The town still keeps its rural feel, with few strip centers and plenty of trees, which is a big part of why people move here.
For a sign builder that means one thing above all: entrance signs. Northwest Guilford County has been one of the fastest-growing parts of the Triad, and almost every new neighborhood wants its name in brick or stone at the front gate.
Signs we build around town
Most of our Summerfield work is for developers and HOAs. A new subdivision usually wants a curved wall or a pair of piers at the entrance, with the name in raised letters and landscape lights in the bed. We build the entrance walls we put up for HOAs from the footing up: concrete, block core, brick or stone veneer, cap, letters and lighting.
Older Summerfield neighborhoods call for a different reason. Their entrance went in twenty or thirty years ago, the letters have faded, the cap has cracked and one end has sunk. We can usually rebuild the face and reset the base without starting over. Churches and the handful of businesses along the main roads round out the list.
What the ground and weather do to a sign
Summerfield's open land means signs often sit on fresh fill near a new road, and red clay under that fill holds water. A heavy entrance wall on a shallow footing will lean within a few seasons. We dig deeper than looks necessary, add drainage behind long walls and reinforce the footing so the wall moves as one piece if it moves at all.
The open fields also give storms a clear run. Strong afternoon thunderstorms in summer and the odd winter ice storm hit exposed entrance signs harder than ones tucked among buildings, so we seal caps and keep light fixtures and wiring above the waterline in the bed.
Local rules and permits
Summerfield is its own town with its own development rules, and an entrance sign is reviewed as part of the subdivision or on its own. Some addresses near the town edges sit on unincorporated land that Guilford County's planning office reviews instead. Either way, we confirm which office holds the parcel, draw the sign to fit the rules and handle the paperwork, including the HOA's own architectural approval if it has one.
New subdivisions add one more wrinkle: the entrance often sits in a landscaped island or a strip the HOA will own, while the road belongs to someone else. We check where the lines fall before we stake the sign, so nobody has to move a finished wall later.
Nearby towns we also cover
The same growth runs west and east of Summerfield. Builders working here often have a second project in the subdivisions out past Stokesdale, and we build to match so a developer's neighborhoods share a look. Heading east, we also put up entrance walls and church signs for neighborhoods off NC 150 in Browns Summit.
Get a price
Send the address, a photo from the road and the neighborhood name as you want it spelled. If you have a site plan from the developer, include it. Every sign is quoted by size, materials and lighting, with a drawing and the price in writing before any digging starts, and an HOA board can take that drawing straight to its members for a vote. Fill in the form on this page, then text the photo to 336-579-0766 or email it to jedsigns101@gmail.com. Call us or send the form, whichever is easier, and we will set a time to come out and walk the entrance.
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