New Doña Ana County logo to roll out in 2024
The Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a new logo and seal that the county will roll out in 2024, replacing the current the one in use since 1958.
"We decided to modernize our look with a more contemporary logo," Public Information Officer Anita Skipper wrote in an email to the Sun-News.
"We are also introducing a logo and seal County identity. We will use the logo for day-to-day communication and the seal (a variation of the current logo) for more formal purposes."
Skipper said the county did not want to make public the new design until the new year.
The county held a month- long contest in the spring, accepting designs from the public in that period.
Megan Rupp submitted the first and second place selections and received an $800 prize at the Board's Sept. 12 meeting. Rupp's design was one of 28 received in the competition.
"We asked the community to give us their vision of Doña Ana County, not just where we are but where they think we are going," Skipper said.
Since then the design has been adapted by the county with input from a five-person panel and the commissioners, as well.
"Our designers in my office have tweaked that original submission multiple times to include preferences of the commissioners," Skipper wrote in an email.
The Board voted 3-2 on Tuesday to approve one of two designs for a logo and 3-2 to approve one of two designs for a seal, choosing a seal that features a Road Runner in the foreground instead of red and green chile.
"Your team has done a wonderful job Ms. Skipper," Board Chair Susana Chaparro said. "I know a lot of effort was put into this. We commissioners are voting on this but you and your staff did a tremendous amount of work."
Jason Groves can be reached at 575-541-5459 or jgroves@lcsun-news.com. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter @jpgroves.
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