Yearly Archives: 2022

From all of us at The Stick Company, we would like to congratulate WVU Medicine Children’s on the opening of their new facility, here in Morgantown, WV. While truly a gorgeous, state-of-the-art facility, we cannot overstate the appreciation that the entire community has for the healthcare providers, development team and staff for serving the women and children of our community.

The Stick Company was honored to have helped with a few of the projects at the new facility, including the donor locker room and custom floor scrubbers, but also the entrance ‘red carpet’ wrap that was installed on the concrete walkway used to lead friends and family into the facility on the opening weekend.

To learn more about WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, or how you can get involved, please visit https://childrens.wvumedicine.org/giving/growchildrens/

Our team was excited to continue our work with Hovatter’s Wildlife Zoo, located in Kingwood, WV. As one of the most recognizable recreation destinations (try saying that 3 times fast) in the area, we know that our designs will be seen by many, including our own families who frequently visit the zoo. This summer, our team helped to complete a full truck wrap for one of their facility vehicles, as well as, redesigned and installed their road entrance sign. Both projects provided the opportunity for a bright and colorful design, featuring the various animals that can be found at their zoo.

Maria Ashenfelder took lead on the design of the truck wrap, and had this to share about the project:

“The Hovatter Projects are always fun to work on, especially with all of the animals. But not only that, but they are great clients to work with on the process. You can immediately see how much they care about the animals, customers and their business.”

Hovatter’s Wildlife Zoo is currently celebrating their 30th year in business. We encourage you to make a trip and experience their facility and family of animals, and be sure to keep an eye out for the various design projects our team has helped with, including their gate wrap and entrance poster. To learn more about the zoo, please visit www.WestVirginiaZoo.com

Often when people think of West Virginia, two things come to mind — Blue Collar Coal Mines and Mountaineer Football. And our team was asked to create a video where those two entities came together.

In August 2022, the WVU Mountaineer football team traveled to Grafton, WV, for a mine tour of Arch Resources Leer Mine Complex. For the team at Leer, the visit is a sense of pride, having the ability to show the players around the mine and educate them on everything that goes into producing coal. For the Mountaineers, it’s a chance to personally see the hard work and dedication instilled throughout this region. It also gives them a chance to meet with and talk to some of their biggest fans, and just share the stories on how they ended up at WVU.

The Stick Company partnered with PShep Media to help document the day, and create the video for the mine to use throughout the year. A special shoutout to both the miners and Mountaineers for taking the time to share their thoughts with us.

The Stick Company was excited to work with the regional community organization Your Community Foundation (YCF) for the completion of their 2021 Annual Report. At YCF, they seek to develop, promote and coordinate charitable giving for the good of the community here in North Central West Virginia. Their goal is always to enhance the quality of life for those we serve and are able to extend many forms of assistance to qualified people, programs and projects with their financial resources and donations.

2021 marked the 10 year anniversary of YCF, and the leadership team wanted to emphasize that milestone throughout the publication. Haley Chambers, The Stick Company’s designer extraordinaire and reigning baking champion, took lead on the project, working directly with the YCF team to design the custom 20-page printed piece. You can view the full report on the YCF website here.

At The Stick Company, we are passionate about the work we do, and the community from which we operate. We love working on projects like this, that help to highlight all of the amazing things taking place within our region. To learn more about Your Community Foundation, their impact and how to get involved, be sure to visit https://ycfwv.org/.

The Stick Company was honored to partner with the team at Hope Gas for the rebranding of the fleet and facility signage. Formerly Dominion Energy, the Hope Gas project became a fairly large project with a pressing deadline as the company wanted to ensure the new branding was in place as quickly as possible. Stick’s Gretchen Boyce spearheaded the project internally, helping to coordinate the various location installs, signage deliveries and schedules. Gretchen also worked closely with the team at Hope Gas to ensure communication and deadlines were met. We must also give a shoutout to our entire wrap team, who all played a significant role in meeting the deadline, from print production to on-site installation, the team helped the project go as smoothly as possible.

The following is a client testimonial provided by Hope Gas:

“As of September 1st Hope Gas was starting as a separate new gas company in West Virginia. Hope Gas new owners want to bring more business and opportunities to West Virginia businesses. Hope Gas reached out to The Stick Company (A WV Business) to help with rebranding the whole company across the state of West Virginia. Before September 1st Stick was given all information to get stated to prepare for the rebranding effort. Stick was told the rebranding campaign was to be completed in 90 days from September 1st. Thinking it would take a few weeks to get organized and everything taken care of to start the project, I was mistaken. Stick was ready to start the project on day 1. They came to our facilities across the state and began rebranding all our fleet immediately. They continued across the state and rebranded the entire fleet of 300 vehicles and trailers in 3 weeks. They were great to work with and handled changes on the fly. They also supplied all new station signs to Hope Gas for all the field locations across the state. The station signs totaled over 1800. Stick ordered and distribute the signs within the first 45 days of the campaign. During our first 60 days Stick has also helped with many stickers and temporary signs that Hope Gas needed on the fly. Stick has been very easy to work with and their design team has supplied many great options for the rebranding. I would recommend the Stick Company for any design and rebranding needed. They have been great to work with and communication has been great.”

–David W. Downey
Manager Facilities and Physical Security
Hope Gas

The team at The Stick Company is proud to announce we are celebrating our 15-year anniversary as a creative branding agency.

What started as one guy working in a tiny incubator office on High Street in downtown Morgantown has evolved into a distinct team of the most talented and dedicated creatives in the region. Of course, this is all self-proclaimed, but we feel like it’s true.

Looking back over the past decade and a half, we cannot believe how quickly time has gone and how many great people we have had the opportunity to work and partner with. We’ve evolved our company to meet the demands of our clients, while also working to make as much of an impact in our local community we can. For us, combining our talents to help others gives us purpose.

Like everyone else, these last two years have been extremely challenging for us, as the COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the way that society lives and works. Our team and operation underwent a number of changes in response.

Perhaps the timeless classic Who Moved My Cheese said it best: “Change happens. Keep moving with the cheese.” And that’s exactly what we did. There have been numerous opportunities, successes and challenges that our team has encountered, but we continue to adapt and work our asses off to be the best partner and resource we can be, for both our clients and our community.

Looking ahead into 2022, we have continued to embrace change, enhancing our company and services with the addition of some fantastic new team members that each bring a wealth of knowledge and experience. They each possess our characteristic ‘no one works harder’ mentality and work-ethic. Be sure to check them out here.

We’ve also implemented some operational enhancements, such as switching our Project Management System, the addition of our CRM system and new partnership with our website hosting platform. It’s safe to say we keep moving with the cheese. ** Note, we actually REALLY like cheese. And not just any cheese … Black Bear’s burrito cheese. If you’ve ever tried it, you know what we’re talking about. #liquidgold

We’re extremely honored to have the opportunity to celebrate our 15 year work anniversary, and want to thank all of our friends, family, vendors and clients for your continued friendship and support through the years. And while we take a minute to recognize the past 15 years, please believe that our team is even more excited for the next 15 years, and the projects and opportunities that await.

Because one thing is for sure: We will continue to work our asses off to be the best creative agency and partner for our clients and community, and look forward to seeing what we can create together. Cheers!