Business Spotlight Feature Included on Electronic Message Board in Knox

The business spotlight feature that appears on the electronic message board in the City of Knox was discussed during this week’s council meeting.

According to Mayor Dennis Estok there was always a plan to include the spotlight. When officials met Tuesday night, Estok informed council members that a new indoor golf course on Washington Street was the first business to be featured on the sign.  

Mayor Estok added, “We do check with the business first, we call them, to make sure it’s okay to spotlight them. I think it’s good for us, good for the businesses and good for the people.

He noted that in addition to appearing on the sign, the spotlight businesses will also be recognized on cityofknox.net.

As a reminder, city council members passed a number of policies for the electronic message board when they met earlier this month. Those rules can be found below.

City of Knox Policy and Guidelines for Electronic Message Board:

  1. The time and temperature will be scheduled to play on the message board at all times
  2. The City of Knox electronic message board may be used for messages promoting only city or city-sponsored meetings, events and notices. City-sponsored events refer to such events that are substantially supported by the City either financially or with city resources; such as Bluegrass Jam, Prayer Breakfast, Big Band Dance, etc…
  3. Due to the high volume of City messages, third-party and not-for-profit messages will not be accepted unless the event appeals and benefits the citizens of the City of Knox. Those messages will only be allowed at the discretion of the Mayor.
  4. Promotion of alcohol, tobacco, candidates in any elections, political, factional, sectarian, racist, sexist, bigoted, false, misleading or deceptive viewpoints are prohibited.
  5. The Mayor may, at times, approve a message to run on the day of a downtown event that appeals and benefits the citizens of the City of Knox.
  6. Messages spotlighting a local Business of the Month in the City of Knox will be at the Mayor’s discretion and at no charge. This message will run the first week of the month in which it is being spotlighted
  7. All messages will be at the discretion of the Mayor’s Office and may be edited as deemed necessary.
  8. Messages should be emailed to Peg Travis, Mayor’s Office at ptravis@cityofknox.net as far in advance as possible to ensure there is time to be added to the message board. Last minute requests may not be able to be accommodated. When sending a request, please specify the dates that you’d like each message to run.
  9. The length of the messages should be kept as short as possible.
  10. The number of days a message is displayed may depend on the number of other messages submitted at any given time and will be at the discretion of the Mayor’s Office.
  11. Messages will expire the day of the meeting, event, or applicable notice period,unless otherwise requested and approved. If a specific start dates is necessary for a message, please include that information when submitting the message to the Mayor’s Office.
  12. The message board is remotely connected to a computer in City Hall; therefore no new messages will be added after hours or on weekends.