On January 24, 2023, the City of Fairfield approved the construction by Robinson Outdoor of a digital sign on the Fairfield City Parking Lot at 1st and Deleware. This week, officials with the sign company have been putting up the sign.
Robinson Outdoor is paying the City of Fairfield a one time payment $150,000. The City of Fairfield is not the only community that either has a sign from Robinson Outdoor or is already getting a sign.
According to the Robinson Outdoor website, the communities of Eldorado, Harrisburg, Olney, Mount Vernon, Effingham, and Salem already have signs with Mount Carmel slated to get a sign soon.
Robinson Outdoor is based out of Perryville, Missouri and was started by Edward Robinson in 2019 after he saw the need to implement digital billboards in small to medium sized communities. Before Robinson Outdoor, Robinson operated Robinson Displays that owned and operated billboard until the company sold to Lamar Advertising in 1998.