The American Marketing Association and Lincoln Young Professionals Group today announced the opening of ReFlag Lincoln, a contest to redesign Lincoln’s City flag.
“Lincoln is a vibrant, growing community brimming with creativity and culture. Our flag should capture what makes us truly unique as a community and should serve as an important illustration of who we are as a city,” said Kayla Meyer, Lincoln Young Professionals Group Coordinator. “Our new flag will serve as an important tool in our talent attraction and recruitment efforts, capturing why Lincoln is the best place to live, work and play.”
Details of the contest rules and design guidelines are now posted at AMALincoln.org/ReflagLNK. The deadline to submit a design is August 1. Three designs will be selected as finalists and released for public comment, after which a winner will be selected and submitted to the Lincoln City Council.
A committee has been formed to develop design criteria and judge the flag submissions. The flag committee includes Francisco Souto, University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Art, Art history, & Design, Ed Zimmer, local historian, Alyssa Martin, Nelnet, Al Maxey, artist, Todd Ogden, Downtown Lincoln Association, Suzanne Mealer, community member, Whitney Hansen, AMA Lincoln, and Mairead Safranek, Lincoln Young Professionals Group.
“Forming a diverse committee, representative of a wide variety of industries, organizations, and identities is paramount to the success of this project,” said Whitney Hansen, AMA past president. “We’re thrilled to have each of these talented professionals on our committee who are passionate about the Lincoln community and committed to the end result of a unifying symbol of our city’s identity.”