Visual Impact Systems produced a “bale wrap“ for TC Energy (TransCanada), which is a vinyl banner that gets ‘wrapped’ around a stack of hay bales to create a very impressive ‘sign’ viewable from a long distance, since it is over 10 feet high. It is used to advertise the “811” service to call before one digs in the area of one of TC Energy’s pipelines.
[ 10′ High x 18′ Wide – “Wrap” for Stacked Hay Bales ]
[ Example of “Wrap” for Stacked Hay Bales ]
Visual Impact Systems does not only do signage production. We are a full-service advertising and marketing firm, with over 32 years of expertise in combining compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies into a coordinated message—transforming communications with our proven ‘Integrated Multimedia’ approach, we call “Transformaction.”
Our website shows our expertise in the following media ‘outlets’: Internet Marketing; Web Site Design; Mobile; Video Production; Trade Shows; Print; Television’ Radio; Computers; Photography; Signage; Merchandising; and Multimedia. You can also contact us via e-mail or just call us now (248-548-7000) to determine if we can help you with your marketing needs.
We spent an entire week (October 4-9, 2021) in Detroit—specifically in the Central High School area—to help, pro bono, the non-profit Life Remodeled with executing their planned “remodeling” of the surrounding neighborhood, and “repurpose” the previous Durfee Elementary-Middle School (now the “Durfee Innovation Society“). We were responsible for a variety of graphic design and capturing the project photographically. Most of the graphics work was done before the ‘build week’, and most of the photography and filming was done during the week-long ‘campaign’.
Their 2021 “Six-Day Project“ focused on clearing blight from the front yards of vacant properties and ‘deforesting’ alleys within a specific 150 block area within the four square miles of neighborhoods surrounding the Durfee Innovation Society (next to Central High School). All of this happened with an army of 3,822 volunteers from 173 businesses, churches, and other organizations.
Detroit once housed more than 1.8 million people. However, now with only 650,000 residents, there are a lot of vacant lands—thousands of acres of overgrown brush and weeds making certain areas not only visually depressing but are also more dangerous.
The City of Detroit’s blight removal program is second to none, however, it is just not possible for vacant properties to be maintained weekly at this time in our city’s history. They need the help of volunteers to continue investing in the neighborhoods surrounding the one-stop-shop of opportunity (the “Durfee Innovation Society”) that Life Remodeled has created.
In addition to beautifying the neighborhood, the Six-Day Project brings people from all walks of life to work together, helping them better understand each other. This was verified by a survey of volunteers after last year’s (2020) Project: 99% of volunteers felt a greater sense of ‘connectedness during the Project. We are very honored to help, pro bono, this awesome nonprofit organization!
If you are interested, there are over 5,000 photos that we, and a team of photographers, took to capture all of the activities during the ‘build week’
(click here to view)
If you or your company are interested in more details about this project, visit the Life Remodeled website: http://liferemodeled.org/
To see how we have been associated with Life Remodeled (from their very beginning), click this link: Visual Impact’s Pro Bono Work
GENERAL INFORMATION
PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY
Here are some ‘creative’ pics our photographers took during the week to capture the amazing work the volunteers did.
[ 300 ‘mature’ trees (4′-5′ high) were given away to the residents in the neighborhood to plant in front of their houses by “The Greening of Detroit” the weekend before the Six-Day Project. ]
[ I was ‘caught’ out in the field capturing the fabulous volunteers ]
[ Click here to see the 5,000+ images that were taken during the Six-Day Project week. ]
If you are also interested in more information or supporting this great non-profit, contact Mark Besh at Visual Impact Systems (248-548-7000), or click the link below to be taken to Life Remodeled’s website.
We spent an entire week (October 5-10, 2020) in Detroit—specifically in the Central High School area—to help, pro bono, the non-profit Life Remodeled with executing their planned “remodeling” of the surrounding neighborhood, and “repurpose” the previous Durfee Elementary-Middle School (now the “Durfee Innovation Society). We were responsible for the design and production of promotional brochures and flyers, signage, banners, t-shirt graphics, social media channel graphics, website updates, and capturing the project photographically. Most of the graphics work was done before the ‘build week’, and most of the photography and filming were done during the week-long ‘campaign’.
In response to COVID-19, we had to change the way we organized our 2020 Six Day Project.
Life Remodeled has been organizing Six-Day Projects for 10 straight years, and every single one has been unique and powerful—and even though, because of social distancing, this project week was ALSO exception: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were able to mobilize 2,021 awesome volunteers to remove the blight on 71 blocks, make improvements to the Durfee Innovation Society, and revitalize a broken-down playscape.
Ninety-nine percent of their volunteers said that their pandemic safety measures helped them feel safe from COVID-19 while volunteering. During a time in our country’s history when we are experiencing extreme polarization, 99% of their volunteers also said they felt a greater sense of connectedness with others during the project.
Not only is blight psychologically damaging to children and families who have to look at it, but it plays a significant factor in crime rates. Because the City of Detroit had to make substantial budget cuts in 2020, the blight removal effort from Life Remodeled’s passionate and hard-working volunteers was ven MORE NEEDED and much appreciated by Mayor Duggan.
Thanks to Patronicity, the MEDC, and the 43 donors who helped crowdfund this campaign, they raised $21,558 in less than 24 hours to purchase much-needed equipment and supplies to bring a playscape back to life again. A crew of amazing volunteers from FCA completed the renovation in only four days, and the Life Remodeled Community Advisory Council and students from Durfee Elementary dedicated it as the “John R. Lewis Playscape.”
If you are interested, there are over 5,600 photos that we, and a team of photographers, took to capture all of the activities during the ‘build week’
(click here to view)
If you or your company are interested in more details about this project, visit the Life Remodeled website: http://liferemodeled.org/
To see how we have been associated with Life Remodeled (from their very beginning), click this link: Visual Impact’s Pro Bono Work
DESIGN SERVICES
The following are examples of the graphic design work we provided:
PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY
Here are some ‘creative’ pics our photographers took during the week to capture the amazing work the volunteers did.
[ I was ‘caught’ out in the field capturing the fabulous volunteers ]
Here is a video that FOX 2 News (Detroit) did about the 2020 project:
[ Note: There are also other videos of the 2020 project on Life Remodeled’s YouTube Channel ]
If you are also interested in more information or supporting this great non-profit, contact Mark Besh at Visual Impact Systems (248-548-7000), or click the link below to be taken to Life Remodeled’s website.
Visual Impact Systems created a gift certificate for Eddie G’s Cookies so a person could send it to another person they wanted to thank with some GREAT cookies. We created a ‘fillable’ PDF that could be sent via e-mail as well as a ‘printable’ version that could be displayed in stores or physically sent to the giftee.
Visual Impact Systems does not only do print production. We are a full-service advertising and marketing firm, with over 30 years of expertise in combining compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies into a coordinated message—transforming communications with our proven ‘Integrated Multimedia’ approach, we call “Transformaction.”
Our website shows our expertise in the following media ‘outlets’: Internet Marketing; Web Site Design; Mobile; Video Production; Trade Shows; Print; Television’ Radio; Computers; Photography; Signage; Merchandising; and Multimedia. You can also contact us via e-mail or just call us now (248-548-7000) to determine if we can help you with your marketing needs.
Visual Impact Systems produced a “bale wrap“ for TC Energy (TransCanada), which is a vinyl banner that gets ‘wrapped’ around a stack of hay bales to create a very impressive ‘sign’ viewable from a long distance, since it is over 10 feet high. It is used to advertise the “811” service to call before one digs in the area of one of TC Energy’s pipelines. We also produced some fence banners that were used closer to the actual pipeline.
[ 4′ High x 8′ Wide Banner for Fences ]
[ 10′ High x 18′ Wide – “Wrap” for Stacked Hay Bales ]
[ Example of “Wrap” for Stacked Hay Bales ]
Visual Impact Systems does not only do signage production. We are a full-service advertising and marketing firm, with over 30 years of expertise in combining compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies into a coordinated message—transforming communications with our proven ‘Integrated Multimedia’ approach, we call “Transformaction.”
Our website shows our expertise in the following media ‘outlets’: Internet Marketing; Web Site Design; Mobile; Video Production; Trade Shows; Print; Television’ Radio; Computers; Photography; Signage; Merchandising; and Multimedia. You can also contact us via e-mail or just call us now (248-548-7000) to determine if we can help you with your marketing needs.
Visual Impact Systems produced four separate annual reports for the Great Lakes Conference annual meeting, summarizing what each ‘group’ did in the past year and what they plan to do in the next few years. The reports included a general report, a camping report, a planting report, and a report of the financials.
Visual Impact Systems does not only provide annual reports. We are a full-service advertising and marketing firm, with over 30 years of expertise in combining compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies into a coordinated message—transforming communications with our proven ‘Integrated Multimedia’ approach, we call “Transformaction.”
Our website shows our expertise in the following media ‘outlets’: Internet Marketing; Web Site Design; Mobile; Video Production; Trade Shows; Print; Television’ Radio; Computers; Photography; Signage; Merchandising; and Multimedia. You can also contact us via e-mail or just call us now (248-548-7000) to determine if we can help you with your marketing needs.
Visual Impact Systems provides a variety of COVID-19 PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). They include sneeze guards, protective partitions, sanitation dispensers, vaccination booths, among others. A few examples are shown below.
Contact us to discuss how we can help you PROTECT your employees and customers.
[ Sneeze Guards ]
[ Protective Partitions ]
[ Sanitation Dispensers ]
[ Vaccination Booths ]
[ Signage and Safety Solutions ]
Visual Impact Systems does not only provide COVID-19 PPE products. We are a full-service advertising and marketing firm, with over 30 years of expertise in combining compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies into a coordinated message—transforming communications with our proven ‘Integrated Multimedia’ approach, we call “Transformaction.”
Our website shows our expertise in the following media ‘outlets’: Internet Marketing; Web Site Design; Mobile; Video Production; Trade Shows; Print; Television’ Radio; Computers; Photography; Signage; Merchandising; and Multimedia. You can also contact us via e-mail or just call us now (248-548-7000) to determine if we can help you with your marketing needs.
We are proud of what we’ve accomplished, and are looking forward to the NEXT 30 YEARS!
Visual Impact Systems thanks every one of our over 400 clients, in the past 30 years, for having the confidence in us to change the ‘IMPACT’ of their marketing message with our “Ideas That Transform” process (https://visualimpactsystems.com/clients-served/).
We plan to continue to provide products and services that accomplish our company tagline, “IDEAS THAT TRANSFORM“—which refers to how we combine compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies to change the impact of your corporate marketing message from just ordinary to extraordinary, and from commonplace to influential.
We do this by combining compelling design, a strong marketing strategy, and innovative technologies into a coordinated message—transforming communications with our proven ‘Integrated Multimedia’ approach, we call “Transformaction.”
Contact us today (248-548-7000) to learn how we can help your company transform your marketing results!
We spent an entire week (August 5-10, 2019) in Detroit—specifically in the Central High School area—to help, pro bono, the non-profit Life Remodeled with executing their planned “remodeling” of the surrounding neighborhood, and “repurpose” the previous Durfee Elementary-Middle School (now the “Durfee Innovation Society). We were responsible for the design and production of promotional brochures and flyers, signage, banners, t-shirt graphics, social media channel graphics, website updates, capturing the project photographically. Most of the graphics work was done before the ‘build week’, and most of the photography and filming was done during the week-long ‘campaign’.
Here’s a list of the project’s major accomplishments, that went beyond just blight removal:
– Cleared 257 blighted alleyways – Every one of them within a four-square-mile area surrounding the Durfee Innovation Society
– Many houses were boarded up to ensure the neighborhood’s safety
– Hosted a Youth Mentoring Summer Camp for 125 K-8 students
– Hosted a Basketball Camp for 37 middle and high school students led by the nationally renowned organization The Family
– Over 3,000 kids attended Family Fun Days with their families and enjoyed activities, entertainment (including a “Detroit Youth Choir” concert), carnival games, and the largest bounce house in the world
– Many projects were completed inside the Durfee Innovation Society – HVAC ducting; air conditioning unit ‘enclosures; lighting; painting; tiling; wood trimming; and general cleaning
This was an unbelievable effort performed by over 9,700 volunteers—in just 6 days—and has been valued at over $5M!
If you are interested, there are over 6,250 photos that we, and a team of photographers, took to capture all of the activities during the ‘build week’
(click here to view)
If you or your company are interested in more details about this project, visit the Life Remodeled web site: http://liferemodeled.com/
To see how we have been associated with Life Remodeled (from their very beginning), click this link: Visual Impact’s Pro Bono Work
DURFEE SCHOOL REPURPOSING
VACANT HOUSE BOARD UPS
REMOVAL OF BLIGHT
ALLEYWAYS CLEARED
NEW ROOFS
YOUTH SUMMER CAMP
BASKETBALL CAMP
FAMILY FUN DAYS
DETROIT YOUTH CHOIR
MISCELLANEOUS
DESIGN SERVICES
The following are examples of the graphic design work we provided:
On August 9th, 2019, Sun Main Office team members partnered with Life Remodeled during their Six Day Project to clean 257 blighted alleyways in Detroit. Check out the video below to see all of the amazing work that was done!
Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of starting a season of celebrating 70 years off by giving back to the community that has given so much to us over the years! Take a look at what the Ross Mortgage team was able to accomplish with the help of Life Remodeled.
If you are also interested in more information or supporting this great non-profit, contact Mark Besh at Visual Impact Systems (248-548-7000), or click the link below to be taken to Life Remodeled’s website.
In 2018, we spent an entire week (October 1-October 6, 2018) in Detroit again—specifically in the Central High Schoolarea—to help, pro bono, the non-profit Life Remodeled with executing their planned “remodeling” of the surrounding neighborhood. We were responsible for the design and production of promotional brochures and flyers, signage, banners,t-shirt graphics, social media channel graphics, website updates, capturing the project photographically. Most of the graphics work was done before the ‘build week’, and most of the photography and filming was done during the week-long ‘campaign’. Life Remodeled is continuing with this project, which they started in 2017—and also plan to work in the neighborhood for at least two more years.
Here’s a list of the project’s major accomplishments:
– Continued to renovate and repurpose the former Durfee Elementary-Middle School building (adjacent to Central High School) into a ‘community center’ they are calling the “Durfee Innovation Society”
– 396 Vacant Houses Boarded Up
– 316 Blocks of Blight Removal
– 102 Alleyways cleared
– Planted more than 700 trees, shrubs, and perennials
– Built 2 community gardens and upgraded 4 more
– Installed 20 “Little Free Libraries” along Safe Routes
– Designated the safest routes to Durfee and Central schools with artwork
– Installed 3 new bus shelters
– Installed 5 grills and picnic tables at neighborhood parks
– Installed 2 sets of bleachers for the Central High School softball field
– Added neighborhood signage – Significantly improved Central High School’s football facilities and equipment (renovated the press box that had been vandalized, repaired the home bleachers and handicap ramps, installed a new scoreboard, and helped get new uniforms and equipment for the team and headsets for the coaches)
– Continuing to develop meaningful and sustainable partnerships to advance community investment after project completion
This was an unbelievable effort performed by over 10,000 volunteers—in just 6 days—and has been valued at over $5M!
The following are selected photos that represent the over 6,400 photos (click here to view) we, and a team of photographers, took to capture all of the activities during the ‘build week’:
DURFEE SCHOOL REPURPOSING
VACANT HOUSE BOARD UPS (396)
REMOVAL OF BLIGHT (316 CITY BLOCKS)
PLANTING VEGETATION
ALLEYWAYS CLEARED (102)
MISCELLANEOUS
DESIGN SERVICES
The following are examples of the graphic design work we provided:
Here’s a few videos about what was accomplished in the Central neighborhood in 2017:
If you are also interested in more information or supporting this great non-profit, contact Mark Besh at Visual Impact Systems (248-548-7000), or click the link below to be taken to Life Remodeled’s website.
