City plans new flag, slogan contest

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BY CHUCK VANDENBERG
PCC EDITOR

FORT MADISON - City Councilman Donna Amandus wants a new flag to represent the city's new focus on growth.

Amandus unveiled the contest Tuesday night at Fort Madison's regular City Council meeting. To spur interest, Amandus said the winning flag will receive a $500 cash prize. She also said the city needs a new slogan.

A committee was formed that includes City Councilman Kevin Rink, LCEDG Administrative Assistant Carmen Salazar, the Pen City Current, and the Daily Democrat.

The new flags would need to have a design that works both horizontally and vertically so they can be flown or hung on the new poles that are lining the new Hwy. 61 work through Fort Madison.

The city's current slogan is Always Moving, but Amandus said people are taking liberties with it on social media and adding words to the hashtag that are detrimental to the city's forward motion.

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"This new design should capture what makes our city unique as a community and will serve as an illustration, or trademark if you will, of what our city represents," Amandus said.

She said people who live or go to school within the city of Fort Madison will be able to submit their individual designs. A contest form will go up on the city website at https://www.fortmadison-ia.com/ in the next few days and will be shared with the school systems.

The deadline for submissions will be Friday, April 29 at 5 p.m. and they can be entered online, mailed, or dropped off at City Hall at 811 Avenue E.

The entries will be logged anonymously and then all the admissions will be judged by the five-person committee and be cut down to the top five submissions. Those five submissions will then be listed in a poll at www.pencitycurrent.com and www.dailydem.com for a public vote. The top three vote getters will then be forwarded to the City Council to select the winner on May 17.

Amandus said the committee is looking for businesses, organizations, and individuals to help sponsor the contest and they are looking for donations for that.

"We're excited to see what our local talent has to offer with their submissions and we thank the city staff for helping get the program up and running."

She said the new slogan should also reflect the city's new efforts at growth.

"That will coincide with this. We are rebranding our city, and we think that a slogan should match what our forward-looking motion is," Amandus said.

She said more detail on each will be forthcoming.

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