Participation Criteria for Attraction Logo Panels

To qualify as an applicant for an ATTRACTION logo panel, a business facility must establish the following:

1. Be of regional significance.
2. Have adequate off-street parking for normal visitor demand.
3. Provide modern public restroom facilities and drinking water.
4. Provide a public telephone.
5. Be located within fifteen (15) miles of the interchange.
6. Provide adequate trailblazing from the interchange to the facility.
7. Be one (1) or more of the following:
   • Amusement park - A commercially operated park enterprise that supplies refreshments and various forms and devices for entertainment.
   • Business district/main street community - The central business district of a community or an area within a community that has been officially designated as a main street community by the Indiana Department of Commerce. To qualify for this type of signage at an exit, there must be more than one (1) exit from the highway to access the community.
   • Education center - A facility that is of outstanding educational value and conducts tours on a regularly scheduled basis throughout the year.
   • Golf course - Eighteen (18) hole minimum United States Golf Association regulation governed. Secondary applicant is the only applicant status available for golf course regardless of operation times outlined in subdivision (8).
   • Historical site - A structure, district, or site listed on the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures or the National Register of historical significance and is open to the public.
   • Museum - An organized and permanent institution, with professional staff, essentially educational or aesthetic in purpose, that owns or utilizes tangible objects, cares for them, and exhibits them to the public on some regular schedule.
   • Religious site - A shrine, grotto, or similar type site that is of a unique religious nature.
   • Resort/ski area/marina - A facility with those recreational amenitiesw normally present at a facility that is the main focal point of a vacation and is situated to take advantage of a natural, historic, or recreational attraction.
   • U-pick/orchard/farmers' market - An established area of facility where consumers can purchase consumer picked or pre-picked fresh Indiana grown food directly from Indiana producers.
   • Winery - A facility that produces wine from grapes or other fruit and maintains a tasting room, sales and tours.
   • Botanical/zoological facility - A facility that houses and maintains a collection of unique living animals or plants and is open to the public.
8. Have regularly scheduled operation for a minimum of the following:
   • Eight (8) hours per day, seven (7) days per week all year for primary applicant.
   • Six (6) hours per day for five (5) days per week for eight (8) continuous months per year for secondary applicant. If applicable, the day or days of the week the business facility is not in operation shall be shown on or below the logo panel. The secondary applicant shall provide for "closed" panels during the months of closure. Posting of the closed panel, and subsequent removal, will be limited to one (1) time per year. Alternatively, the months of operation may be posted on or below the logo panel.

Note: The above Participation Criteria pre-qualifies an attraction. Final qualification is governed by additional Indiana Department of Transportation regulations.