--- title: News for planners and local government officials who draft, debate and enforce sign codes. | EMC description: EMC | News for planners and local government officials who draft, debate and enforce sign codes. --- [![Vital Signs: For planners and local officials who draft, debate and enforce sign ordinances](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/020117_VitalSignsHeaderBlog_2017V2O-01.jpg?width=1080&name=020117_VitalSignsHeaderBlog_2017V2O-01.jpg "Vital Signs: For planners and local officials who draft, debate and enforce sign ordinances")](http://www.signs.org/planners) August 25, 2022 # [Clallam County, WA Requests Guidance on Electronic Message Centers](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/emcs-in-clallam-county-wa) [![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/Clallam%20County%20Courthouse.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/emcs-in-clallam-county-wa) The Planning Commission in Clallam County, Washington recently invited ISA's James Carpentier to talk about how to effectively regulate digital signs. [more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/emcs-in-clallam-county-wa) October 3, 2019 # [Tech Savvy Sign Regulations](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/tech-savvy-sign-regulations) [![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/James%20Tech%20Savvy%20Cover.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/tech-savvy-sign-regulations) Thank you for all who attended ISA's presentation on "Tech Savvy Sign Regulations" at the 2019 Upper Midwest Conference in Eau Claire, WI on October 4, 2019! This interactive and informative session... [more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/tech-savvy-sign-regulations) November 6, 2017 # [U.S. Supreme Court and FHWA](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/fhwa) [![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/VVC.15.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/fhwa) Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case from Scenic America regarding the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) 2007 [guidance memo](https://oaaa.org/Portals/0/Public%20PDFs/FHWA_GuidanceMemo9.17.pdf) regarding digital billboards. The FHWA had... [more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/fhwa) August 15, 2017 # [APA Recording on Digital Signs](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/apa-webinar-on-emcs) [![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/APA%20Planning%20Webinar.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/apa-webinar-on-emcs) **UPDATE:** On August 25, 2017 James Carpentier, AICP (ISA) and Mike Freeborg (Clarity Forge Consulting LLC) presented this webinar to 245 planners. **[Click here to watch the webcast recording.](https://youtu.be/uFSi9yxWlig)** This... [more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/apa-webinar-on-emcs) August 14, 2017 # [America's First 'Smart City'](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/americas-first-smart-city) [![](https://newsroom.signs.org/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/081017_Ohio.jpg)](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/americas-first-smart-city) The future of urban planning is apparently in [Columbus, Ohio](http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/07/10/columbus-under-construction-to-become-americas-first-smart-city.html), which is planning to become America’s first “smart city.” Planners and developers in the Buckeye State capital are kicking off this... [more](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/americas-first-smart-city) [Next](https://newsroom.signs.org/vitalsigns/topic/emc/page/2) [![ISA Planning for Sign Code SuccessTM](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/ISA_PSCS_color.jpg?width=320&name=ISA_PSCS_color.jpg "ISA Planning for Sign Code SuccessTM")](https://pages.signs.org/are-you-planning-for-sign-code-success) [![David Hickey, VP Advocacy](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/David_Circle_250.png?width=125&name=David_Circle_250.png "David Hickey, VP Advocacy")](http://mailto:%20david.hickey@signs.org) David Hickey VP, Advocacy [david.hickey@signs.org](mailto:david.hickey@signs.org) [![James Carpentier, AICP](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/James_Circle_250.png?width=125&name=James_Circle_250.png "James Carpentier, AICP")](http://mailto:james.carpentier@signs.org) James Carpentier, AICP Director, State & Local Goverment [james.carpentier@signs.org](mailto:james.carpentier@signs.org) [![Kenny Peskin](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/Kenny_Circle_250.png?width=125&name=Kenny_Circle_250.png "Kenny Peskin")](http://mailto:kenny.peskin@signs.org) Kenny Peskin Director, Industry Programs [mailto:kenny.peskin@signs.org](mailto:kenny.peskin@signs.org)kenny.peskin@signs.org | [@signcodeguy](https://twitter.com/signcodeguy?lang=en) [![Sign Code Assistance Button](https://newsroom.signs.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Vital%20Signs/030317_AssistanceButtonTransparent.png?width=301&name=030317_AssistanceButtonTransparent.png "Sign Code Assistance Button")](https://newsroom.signs.org/signcodeassistance) ## Sign Code Assistance, Education and Training ### Is your community considering revising its sign code? 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