Christmas in Grants Pass, Oregon
There is always something going on to beautify Grants Pass, and so much of it comes from one source.
Brady Adams at Evergreen Federal Bank seems to be the full-time "beautification manager" of Grants Pass.
Every time you turn around, there are some more things appearing on our streets, brought to us by Evergreen Federal. Here are some of the specially created, lighted Christmas murals that line downtown Grants Pass. They will be pleasing us with their wonderful lighting displays and playing old-time Christmas music throughout the season. They number 18 in all.
These panels weigh about 400 pounds, are five feet wide, 10 feet tall and about a foot thick. They tell a story in lights that takes about 20 seconds for each scene to be completed. Presents appear under Christmas trees, snow builds up on the scenes and it is all just amazing. These murals have between 8,000, up to over 13,000 individual optic points of light.
These murals were created by Fiberoptic Lighting, Inc., the company that just completed a special order for Macy's main store at Herald Square in New York City. They had to rush both orders to get them ready on time to be up by Thanksgiving. The only thing we know about the Macy's signs is that they are in the shape of red Christmas ornaments, everything else is a huge secret, to be unveiled after Thanksgiving.
Congratulations to Fiberoptic Lighting owner, Hyla Lipson. It's great to see with this tough economy that a Grants Pass company can contribute so much to the Christmas season.
I have never seen one company do so much for a community anywhere I've lived. Evergreen was founded in 1934, and my research tells me that they have raised millions of dollars for local non-profit organizations.
Thanks, and Merry Christmas Evergreen and Brady Adams! What you people are doing for this community is wonderful. I don't know who appointed Mr. Adams as our local Santa, but he's doing a better job of it than anyone I could ever imagine.
If you're think about moving to Grants Pass, you won't find a nicer community or a better bunch of people!
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