{"id":10639,"date":"2019-02-22T19:52:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T19:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2019-02-22T19:52:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T19:52:52","slug":"windy-city-arts-celebrates-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/22\/windy-city-arts-celebrates-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Windy City Arts Celebrates 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mike McKenna<\/em><\/p>\n

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The team from Windy City Arts celebrates a decade and a half of success.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You may not realize it, but just about everywhere you go around here you see and probably appreciate their work.<\/p>\n

For 15 years now, Windy City Arts has been producing high-quality signs of all kinds for the Wood River Valley\u2014from stop signs and address markers to vehicle wraps, wall murals and impressive residence signs like the new ones welcoming people to Elkhorn and Starweather.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople come in with a dream about what they want and we work with them to turn it into a reality,\u201d Linda Larsen said. \u201cWe really thrive on making people happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linda and her husband and business partner, Troy, have been happily married for nearly three decades. They didn\u2019t necessarily set out to raise their family in Sun Valley or be in the sign business, but it\u2019s where fate took them and they couldn\u2019t be happier about it. After originally coming up from Utah to visit friends, they decided to take a chance and move here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe came here with three months\u2019 rent and a hope,\u201d Linda said, explaining that shortly after arriving in the Wood River Valley, they were offered the opportunity to buy the newly created Windy City Arts. With Troy\u2019s graphic design and Linda\u2019s business backgrounds, it seemed like a good decision. A decade and a half later, they\u2019re thrilled with how it\u2019s all worked out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love it here. It\u2019s the perfect place and we really enjoy being a part of this community,\u201d Troy said about a family business that employs five full- and two part-time employees, including their daughter, Julia, and son, Curtis.<\/p>\n

Windy City Arts is located next to Sun Valley Auto Club in the Hailey Business Park. It\u2019s their ideal\u2014and third\u2014location and allows them to house everything from their office needs, to design, printer and manufacturing spaces, and includes a bay for vehicles and an employee-housing unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole process is done here in Hailey,\u201d Troy said. \u201cWe\u2019re truly local.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being able to handle the entire process in one place, from idea to design to creation, is one of the reasons Windy City Arts has been so successful. The other big reason they\u2019ve been able to thrive while they\u2019ve watched lots of other sign companies come and go over the years is because of their dedication to creating great relationships with their clients and their hardworking and talented staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invest in our clients,\u201d Troy said. \u201cWe want to help them create things that are good for them and our community. We may not always be the cheapest, but we provide quality service and products for a good value.\u201d<\/p>\n

Creating happiness is at the core of what Windy City Arts is all about. You may not realize it, but their work has undoubtedly helped make all of us in the Wood River Valley happier, too\u2014whether they\u2019ve helped make our businesses more successful or they simply helped us find our way.<\/p>\n

Mike McKenna is the executive director of The Chamber \u2013 Hailey & The Wood River Valley. He can be reached at <\/i>Mike@ValleyChamber.org<\/i><\/span> or by calling (208) 788-3484.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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