This was the former Plasti-Line.

"Plasti-Line became the largest single source supplier in the United States after purchasing American Sign and Marketing. By combining the product manufacturing capabilities of the two companies, we were able to offer customers more point of purchase and smaller indoor signage."

I noticed Mike Edwards, public employee number 1 at $250,000 +'- had already made a snide remark that the ImagePointe office space was Class A office space and would not be empty very long. We're paying his salary, putting his kids through Webb, paying his benefits, matching 401(k), cars, travel, etc., how about a little more concern for the families and kids who just had their whole world kicked out from under them.

This unacceptable remark comes from a guy who is supposedly charged with bringing business and industry to Knoxville and Knox County, however, he's speaking his true colors, he's a leasing agent for the real property developers in town, nothing more, nothing less. The sooner they bust this clown and get a real business and jobs recruiter in place at the SuperChamber, the better off we will all be. I'm sure he's hustled up a property description out to the folks at HolRob.

Who gives a rat about office space when there's plenty opening up with Sea Ray closing it offices downtown, Goody's emptying a huge facility on I-40, and these are all jobs at for profit companies, which took years to develop and enhance and will not be coming back.

Word to Edwards, we can't all work for the government and live large on the public tit.

That is really terrible, spoken like a true leasing agent, not exactly words of confidence from an supposed industrial/job/business recruiter.

The building is property of KUB. Not exactly a development company.
~m.

According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, two sign companies have been to town interviewing Imagepoint ex-employees. Coast Sign Inc. of Anaheim, CA, and NW Sign Industries from Moorestown, N.J. have been receiving resumes and conducting selected interviews.

You may have to move, but a job is a job. If you haven't sent them a resume, you might want to do so now.

I visited friends in Lawton, OK, for two Junes in a row back in the 90s. In '96 it was quite pleasant and we saw the sights (including a world-famous Meersburger). The '97 visit had daytime temps of 107° with 35 mph steady winds that kept us imprisoned in homes, automobiles, and restaurants all day long every day.

A vivid memory of Oklahoma is the presence of all the storm shelters in the back lawns of older neighborhoods in Lawton. They are there for a good reason.

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There've been a couple of sign companies (one in Greensboro, NC, and one in Green Bay, WI) advertising in the KNS dead tree edition the past two Sundays--looking for professional and managerial types. I suppose there will be a bit of a talent drain as the most mobile, marketable, white-collar, degreed workers from Goody's, Image Point, Alcoa, Sea Ray, etc. start getting snatched up and move away chasing those jobs.

For manufacturing and warehouse workers in Knoxville, the prospects do not look good.

particularly the news-sentinel

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