The second “Welcome to Crookston Sign” will be completed sometime this month. The first sign went up early in July on Highway 2 near the railroad tracks coming into Crookston from the West. The second sign will be located near Titan Machinery and on Highway 75 coming into town from Climax.
Crookston High School Industrial Education Instructor Travis Oliver has had a big hand in making the sign and said the framework for it is complete. “I planned to have the first sign and then this one up together at the same time, but a vinyl sleeve cover got on backorder, unfortunately, which made that not possible,” said Oliver. “Once I got that in, I was able to get going on it, and my dad and I were able to get the backdrop in place, and now Kustom Kollision will go out there and get the aluminum board in place.”
Oliver also said the hope is to eventually get a couple of more signs in place coming into Crookston near Draft’s Sports Bar & Grill and near Christian Brothers Ford on the south side of town. “Those are high-traffic areas that could use a sign,” said Oliver. “Just talking to the committee down the road, it would be nice to include one by Draft’s, and maybe even something a little different from the signs we’ve put up so far. The feedback has been very positive on the signs we have up, but if other ideas were presented, we would potentially go a different route.”
Once Kustom Kollision can get out to the second sign and get the aluminum bar in place, all that will be left is the landscaping and ensuring that the lights are functioning.
Oliver said he expects, at the very latest, the sign to be up and fully complete by the beginning of Ox Cart Days later this month. “I wouldn’t doubt that Kustom goes out early this week and takes care of their part of the project,” said Oliver. “At that point, it’s just the landscaping, and I’m sure it’ll be done by Ox Cart Days, with the potential for it to be completed as soon as the end of this week.”
