{"id":24362,"date":"2025-02-24T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=24362"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:37:09","slug":"52-entries-for-decatur-flag-design-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/52-entries-for-decatur-flag-design-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"52 entries for Decatur flag design contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 52 entries were received for the contest to design a logo flag for the City of Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entry deadline was February 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councilwoman Jenny Bowers-Shultz, who originated the idea of the need for such a flag, told council at its recent meeting that \u201cin the next month or so we should by narrowing it (number of entries) to five, then we&#8217;ll let the public vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-40.jpg?resize=269%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24363\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She said she hopes to have the chosen design decided around the end of May, with an unveiling on or around Flag Day, June 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the public will vote on its favorite design, city council will have the ultimate decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bowers-Shultz originally brought the idea of a logo flag before council last fall, saying she hoped a city flag would \u201cfoster civic pride, uniting the community around an official symbol representative of the history and promising future of the City of Decatur.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com A total of 52 entries were received for the contest to design a logo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17,14],"class_list":["post-24362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-decatur"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24364,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24362\/revisions\/24364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}