10/13/2025
Beyond the Ink-
Rich ๐ข๐ช๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ญ๐บโheโs the ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ. Heโs ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ so donโt fool with himโโcause youโd definitely be ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆโbut if you ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต. If youโve ever been lucky enough to work alongside Rich, youโve inevitably heard all of these โRich-ismsโโฆand so many more.
Rich brought more than just his colloquialisms with him when we purchased LGI Signs in October of 2023. He introduced us to a much-needed project management software, new equipment and methods, and, of course, his hard-working group of installers who seamlessly joined our team. On top of all that, Rich brought thirty years of hard-earned experience to the table, helping us to work more efficiently and better serve our customers.
This past weekend we celebrated Rich and his bittersweet retirement from the sign industry. We hope he knows any future successes we achieve are, in part, a reflection of his guidance and ideas. We hope he feels a sense of accomplishment knowing he helped lead us to a stronger position to succeed. He (and all his infamous Rich-isms) will be sorely missed around the shop. Thankfully heโll be our on-call tech savior, so weโll be sure to have computer troubles for him on the regular. ๐
Congratulations & cheers to your next chapter, Rich!