Flag of Salt Lake City
Adopted | October 6, 2020 |
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Design | Blue and white horizontal stripes with a white lily in the top left corner |
Designed by | Arianna Meinking and Elio Kennedy-Yoon |
The flag of Salt Lake City, representing
Historical flags
Historical flag | Duration | Description |
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1969–2006 | A white background with an artistic rendition of Salt Lake City in the center. | |
2006–2020 | A dark green and blue bicolor with a modern artistic rendition of Salt Lake City in the center. |
1963 design
The first adopted city flag was designed in 1963 by J. Rulon Hales, the winner of a contest run by the
2006 design
The second design of the flag was approved on October 4, 2006, by the Salt Lake City Council.[4] Rocky Anderson, the mayor of Salt Lake City at the time, had sponsored a contest in 2004 to redesign the flag. Anderson argued that the "old flag was too exclusive and focused entirely on the city's Mormon heritage."[4]
The contest, which received more than 50 entries, did not produce any designs that the city council felt had the "symbolic visuals that could be associated with Salt Lake City".[5] They then formed a subcommittee to work with the mayor's office to create new designs for the flag.[5] The final design was approved with a 4–2 margin.[4]
2020 design
In May 2020, the city government opened a two-month contest to redesign the flag with a $3,000 prize for the winning entry. The city received over 600 design entries, of which eight finalists were selected in July by the Flag Design Review Committee for public review.
References
- ^ OCLC 1011001515. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ Snyder, Brady (December 1, 2004). "Salt Lake gets 20 flag entries". Deseret News. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ a b c "New city flag shows Salt Lake skyline, Wasatch". Deseret News. October 7, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Snyder, Brady (February 4, 2005). "Salt Lake flag designs just don't wow City Council". Deseret News. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Larsen, Andy (September 24, 2020). "SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall selects merged teen-designed flag for City Council consideration". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Stauffer, McKenzie (May 1, 2020). "Salt Lake City seeks artists to redesign city flag; deadline is June 30". KUTV.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "Salt Lake City Flag Design". SLC.gov. Salt Lake City. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Williams, Carter (September 24, 2020). "Salt Lake City mayor selects new city flag design; council to make final approval". KSL.com. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ Curtis, Larry D. (October 7, 2020). "Salt Lake City adopts new flag". KUTV. Retrieved October 8, 2020.