We’re up to a total of 80 efforts to create or redesign US and Canadian flags of cities, towns, or other municipalities, as tracked on our Municipal Flag Improvement page. Many of these have been inspired by the TED Talk Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed by Roman Mars of the design podcast 99% Invisible (and Ted Kaye of NAVA and the PFA). That exploration of Good Flag, Bad Flag principles has been viewed over 2.8 million times since its release in May 2015.
Of these 80 efforts, 18 have resulted in new flags being officially adopted:
Provo, Utah
Brandon, South Dakota
Bellingham, Washington
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Albany, Oregon
Republic, Missouri
Peoria, Arizona
Elk Ridge, Utah
Columbia, Missouri
South Bend, Indiana
Bath, Maine
Sunnyvale, Texas
West Hollywood, California
Janesville, Wisconsin
Golden, Colorado
Harrison, Ohio
Liberty, Texas
Aberdeen, Washington
In 29 other cases, a proposed design has been put forward, waiting for a decision by the municipal government:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Manlius, New York (logo not part of design)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Tacoma, Washington
Springfield, Missouri
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Santa Clarita, California
Raleigh, North Carolina
Portland, Maine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Orlando, Florida
Naperville, Illinois
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Miami, Florida
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Kingston, New York
Joplin, Missouri
Huntsville, Alabama
Fargo, North Dakota
El Paso, Texas
Edmonton, Alberta
Davis, California
Dallas, Texas
Columbus, Ohio
Calgary, Alberta
Bryan, Texas
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bloomington, Indiana
Austin, Texas
In the remaining 33 cases, there isn’t yet a final proposed design that has been put forward.
Please let us know at editor@portlandflag.org if you know of other efforts or updates to this list.
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