State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

Cities outsource new flag designs to the public

American City and County: City flags can hold great symbolic meaning for a city by representing its culture and heritage. Fittingly, many cities are outsourcing new flag designs to residents.

Frankly, Tulsa, Okla.’s current flag is a little plain. It consists of the city’s seal on a white background, so a campaign has materialized to change that, Tulsa World reports. The campaign, spearheaded by a group called Tulsa Flag has held a multi-step campaign to create a more imaginative design, per Tulsa Flag’s website.

The campaign first polled residents on city concepts that would be important for the flag, Tulsa World reports. After receiving 600 responses, the campaign sourced 250 designs from the public between January and February and has formed a small committee to pour through the designs. The campaign will ultimately select three designs, allow the public to choose their favorite and will then propose the flag change to the city council.

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