Entries by Mark Lemon

Michigan State University Scoreboard

Signs by Crannie replace MSU basketball’s outdated scoreboard with a state of the art digital scoreboard. Designed by Anthony James Partners, the new high-resolution LED board alleviates the need to pull down the board to change artwork. Now all sponsor ads are electronic, and can be changed in real-time throughout the game.  

Nicole Cheza Racing

Nicole Cheza is an AMA grand national racer. Her truck nicholecheza.com transports her across the USA. She wanted it to display her talent. We designed, created and installed a full wrap for 3 sides of the truck.

US Court House Plaque

Bay City, Michigan wanted to identify their new court house and post office with a traditional bronze plaque updated to modern design. We designed and installed this new court house plaque to their specifications.

Mirasol at Coconut Point

This new, upscale residential development in Florida needed a bold new look. We created this concrete monument sign using a stucco surface, ceramic tile, and aluminum letters reflected by lights on both sides.

Courtland Center Mall

This mall on an expressway exit ramp needed exposure to traffic in both directions for ¼ mile. We designed, engineered and installed this 150 foot tall structure with easily changeable panels for anchor tenants, making it both a high-visibility and a cost-effective solution.

MTA Bus Terminal

The Mass-Transit Authority of Flint, Michigan needed a way to communicate the school bus schedule to City of Flint school students who used the public bus system to get to school. We installed an 11×60 foot Electronic Message Center. Each school in the district controls a portion of the sign from that school to give […]

Community Clock – Clio Area Events

The City of Clio business community was looking for a focal monument in the center of town as well as a place to display local events. We designed and fabricated everything on this sign, including all ornamental details. We even built the clock! The EMC (electronic message center) shows 4 lines of 6″ red letters […]

Grand Blanc Motor Cars

The owner of Grand Blanc Motor Cars had a new building designed, and wanted an upscale look to promote the Mercedes-Benz line of vehicles. In addition, to meet their Mercedes-Benz franchise requirements Grand Blanc Motor Cars and Sorenson Gross Construction had to find someone to manufacture a specific sunscreen type structure. They turned to the […]

Great Plains Burger Co. & Qdoba

The owner of a new build in Michigan wanted to clearly identify the retail space below a residential apartment building. In addition to the letter/logo signs, we created a series of awnings for each restaurant that drew attention to their location as separate entities. The awnings are constructed with Sunbrella ™ fabric over fabricated aluminum […]

Lake Fenton High School Sports Complex

Lake Fenton High School had multiple entrances to their sports complex, and wanted to direct people to the ticket stand gate. We designed this archway to identify the main entrance, then branded it with the school logo and color. Steel poles, aluminum cladding, and CNC-cut letters were used on the gate and arch. “Sports Park” […]

High School Scoreboard, Montrose, Michigan

Signs by Crannie built and installed this digital high school scoreboard for the Montrose High School football stadium. The 18×16’ sign includes electronics for scorekeeping, a new logo, and advertising for the company that sponsored the new sign.

Street Archway Sign – Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan was historically known as “Vehicle City” because of it’s importance in the birth of the automobile industry and General Motors. In 1899 the street archway signs were built to light South Saginaw Street. In 1905, 2 new arches were added with the “Flint Vehicle City signs to commemorate Flint’s reputation. In 1919, the […]

Sign Company Paints and Decorates American Fighter Jet

Sarah Schuch | The Flint Journal MT. MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Workers who usually spend their day creating a 6-by-12-foot sign for a grocery store or a 4-by-8-foot electric sign for a school district are revamping a Vietnam-era U.S. fighter jet bound for a museum in Israel. Employees of Signs by Crannie are painting and […]