Longmont residents have three new city-flag proposals to consider, but keeping the current flag is still an option. The city opened a public preference poll Oct. 30 and said City Council would review its results Dec. 1.
Tara Davids, Orlando Quiroz and Leah Winkler created the shortlisted designs. A panel drawn from the Art in Public Places Commission, council and the community selected them from 89 applicants. Each semifinalist received $1,000; a designer whose flag is adopted would receive another $1,500.
The two-question poll remains open through Nov. 29. It records public preferences rather than automatically choosing the winner. Council may select a new design or retain the flag Glenn Troester designed for a Rotary Club competition in 1974. Applicants had to be Longmont residents or members of Native Nations with ancestral homelands that included the city.
