Windham Council appoints Fram to Branding and Wayfinding Signage Committee

By Ed Pierce

Back in May, the Windham Town Council established the Branding and Wayfinding Signage Committee as a limited advisory body to councilors for designing signs that best visually represent Windham and effectively navigate the public to municipal facilities and amenities. Now the committee has an experienced designer on board as well as councilors appointed Alex Fram of Windham to serve on the committee as a public member on Sept. 27.

Alex Fram has been appointed by
the Windham Town Council as a
member of the town's Branding and
Wayfinding Signage Committee.
COURTESY PHOTO 

The committee is made up of two town councilors, two town staff members, three town residents, a representative of the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Windham Economic Development Corporation.

Councilors Mark Morrison and David Nadeau are the two council reps serving on the committee. Windham Parks and Recreation Director Linda Brooks and Windham Public Library Director Jen Alvino are also committee members. Robin Mullins, the Executive Director of the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce and Tom Bartell, WEDC Executive Director are also on the committee.

Fram joins Erica Bell-Watkins as a public member of the committee. Bell-Watkins was appointed by the Windham Town Council previously.

Residents applying to serve on the committee are recommended by the council’s Appointments Committee following a personal interview. One seat from the public currently remains to be filled on the committee.

Fram was interviewed on Aug. 16 by a representative of the council and works as an interaction designer for Idexx in Westbrook.

As part of the committee, Fram will help brainstorm unique visual representations of Windham and assist in the creation of draft signage and design layouts in various sizes to include images and colors that draw attention to navigation signs.

She also will help advise the council on navigation signage placement to direct the public to intended municipal locations.

Committee members will present final choices to the Windham Town Council for its consideration and approval before the committee is disbanded. <