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COLLEGE PLACE, Washington – The College Place City Council meets tonight at 7
p.m. at city hall and it could adopt a new flag for the city, designed by Sarah
Flotlin and Rachel Jupina. Additionally, council will consider a motion to adopt
a flag design by Sarah Flotlin and Rachel Jupina as the city’s official banner.
The Washington State University Rural Community Design Initiative initiated
the project in February and several students visited the College Place to draw
inspiration and talked to various advisory commission members. Two community
surveys and several presentations to council were held on this topic.
The
various designs were presented in March, and those were narrowed down to the top
four last month. City staff compiled and 132 people took the survey. Respondents
could rank flag designs from 1 at the worst to 10 the best. The top design has a
median score of 7.07. The top design features the background of the Beale Street
Blues color from the approved city way-finding color palette, also representing
the Blue Mountains located by College Place. The three white lines at the bottom
represent the three tribes (Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla), and can also be
seen as a reflection in a body of water. The golden leaves were taken from the
shape of the Seventh-day Adventist logo and the seven leaves represent both the
Seventh-day Adventist Church and the seven creeks in College Place. The curving
blue and golden lines represent the Blue Mountains. The two stems of the golden
leaves represent the public and Seventh-day Adventist school systems and
connects the city’s values.
Dave Fowler, 28 May 2019
From the council agenda, here are the flag specifications:
https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/cocp/Board.nsf/files/BCGPC863ECC3/$file/FlagDesignandExplanation.pdf
The resolution:
https://go.boarddocs.com/wa/cocp/Board.nsf/files/BCGPC663EB4F/$file/Resolution_No_19-021_College_Place_City_Flag.pdf
Dave Fowler, 29 May 2019
New flag, June 2019
https://www.union-bulletin.com/local_columnists/etcetera/it-s-official-college-place-selects-new-flag-logo/article_a1e95a64-8883-11e9-bde6-674d3aad5567.html
Symbols for area tribes, sheaves of grain, city creeks, schools, the
Seventh-day Adventist Church and Blue Mountains are represented in a new design
the College Place City Council accepted and adopted on May 28 to serve as its
official flag.
Designers Sarah Flotlin and Rachel Jupina chose a deep Beale Street Blues
color from the approved city wayfinding color palette as the background. It also
represents the Blue Mountains east and southeast of College Place. Three white
lines at the bottom represent the Cayuse, Walla Walla and Umatilla tribes and
can be seen as a reflection in a body of water. Its golden leaves are adopted
from the shape of the Seventh-Day Adventist logo and its seven leaves represent
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and the city’s seven creeks. Curving blue and
golden lines represent the Blue Mountain range. The golden leaves’ two stems
represent the public and Seventh-Day Adventist school systems and connect the
city’s values.
The city’s predecessor logo featured the face of pioneer
Marcus Whitman and the Whitman Mission National Historic Site Great Grave
monument.
Masao Okazaki, 30 June 2019
![[City seal]](../images/u/us-wacpl).gif)
image located by Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020
Source:
https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com
Paul Bassinson, 16 February 2020
