Neon!
Flashing neon lights, pinball machines and the sound of the Beach Boys on the radio welcome visitors as they enter Jim McCarter’s neon shop. The calendar pinned on the wall reads November 2009, but the atmosphere is retro, circa 1950. McCarter has been bending and repairing neon signs in the Midwest for nearly 40 years and started his own local business, Creative Neon, in 1988.