A new logo design for the city of Emporia is now in the works according to an announcement Wednesday.
Emporia City Communications Manager Christine Johnson in an email Wednesday stated the city has signed a contract with Lot and Ilk to produce a logo to be presented during a meeting in September. The announcement follows the city commission’s recent meeting last week where commissioners chose to purchase two crowdsourced logos for $600 and submit those to Lot and Ilk for additional refinement.
This follows weeks of submissions of designs and requests for qualifications as the city was deciding how best to move forward with choosing a new logo. Not all commissioners were on board with the crowdsourcing plan as city commissioner Susan Brinkman stated she preferred to only utilize a professional firm saying she questioned the quality of crowdsourced submissions and felt it was illogical to utilize professional sources for other city projects, but not the logo redesign.
Lot and Ilk are currently scheduled to present the design on Sept. 21.
