FASTSIGNS Hattiesburg (Miss.) took top honors as this year’s FASTSIGNS Project of the Year. FASTSIGNS Syracuse (N.Y.) and FASTSIGNS San Diego (Cal.) were this year’s runners-up.

Choosing the best signage and display graphics project is always a tough business, as the competition is fierce, but three projects—one in particular—stood out from the pack in this year’s FASTSIGNS Project of the Year Awards, which were given out at this year’s FASTSIGNS Conference, held February 6–9 in Orlando, Fla.

Taking top honors this year was FASTSIGNS Hattiesburg (Miss.) for an illuminated signage project for an outdoor museum/historic site for the Hattiesburg Convention Commission. Comprising a 370-foot wall of illuminated signage, the memorial honors African-American residents of the city who were known for their leadership, service, and inspiration. The memorial is located on the grounds of the Historic Eureka School, a pre-desegregation African-American school in Hattiesburg, built in 1921, that has since become a civil rights museum.