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Youngstown, Ohio (U.S.)

Mahoning County

image by David Sigley, 13 January 2024
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The flag was designed in 1988 as part of a metro-wide contest spearheaded by the Youngstown Area Arts Council.

Identity Crisis hits Youngstown!!!

Only YOU can help! The city of Youngstown is in a great need of an identity a flag. The Youngstown Area Arts Council is sponsoring a contest, open to everyone in the Youngstown area over 16, to design the new, official city flag of Youngstown. The flag should represent all that is Youngstown. Pride, Leadership. A city destined for a bright future.

It will hang in City Hall, the Mayor's office, and preside on the city skyline. Keeping that in mind, your design should be simple yet striking and colorful. All official rules are listed at the back of this official entry form. Since the flag represents the future of Youngstown, the top three final designs will be viewed by students in the Youngstown Area and their consensus will determine the final, winning design. Deadline for entries ic Oct. 25, 1988. There are cash prizes available and an opportunity for you to become a part of Youngstown's history!!

Contest Rules

Entry Fee: $5.00 per design, All entry fees must be paid at time of submission. More than one design may be ensured. A $5.00 charge will be required for each entry. NO entry will be accepted without valid entry fee enclosed.
Deadline: All entries must be submitted by 4:00 P.M. on Oct. 25, 1988
Eligibility: Open to anyone in the Greater Youngstown Area (Mahoning County) who i sover 17 years of age or older.
Prizes: A grand prize of $500.00 cash will be awarded to the person submitting the winning design, two honorable mention prizes of $100.00 cash (each) will be awarded. No further money or royalties will be given.
Judging: Judges will be selected by the Youngstown Area Art Council Flag Commission. They will chose the top three designs. The final design will be chosen be a panel of Youngstown City School Students.
Entries: All entries must be submitted on a 22"x25" piece of Illustration board. Actual dimensions of flag designs must be 18"x24" (leaving a 2" white border surrounding the designs). It can be rendered in pencil, colored film, Pantone paper, paint or ink. Colors must be limited of maximum of three. If necessary the winning design may be transferred into its final form by a professional for adaptation into a flag.
Mailing: Mail all entries to: Youngstown Area Arts Council;. 323 Wick Avenue, Youngstown Ohio 44503/ ATTN: City Flag Design Contest. The Y.A.A.C. and the City of Youngstown are not responsible for late mail delivery, condition of entry upon arrival or late mail. Entries can also be delivered to the same address. (Offices inside St. John's Episcopal Church) - Parish Hall.
Exclusivity: All Designs become property of Y.A.A.C. upon submission.
Winners to be announced Nov. 10. 1988 at the Y.A.A.C. Annual Dinner.

Winning flag design features skyline
The Vindicator
Tuesday, November 15, 1988.

The city of Youngstown will soon be flying a flag designed by a 21-year-old Boardman man. At a press conference Monday, Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro introduced the inner and two runner-up in a flag-design contest sponsored by the Youngstown Area Arts Council.

The winner, Anthony Manolio, is a graphic design major at Youngstown State University. His flag includes a stylized skyline of Youngstown in gold against a background in green. "I tried to get some ideas of color to represent a positive image," said Manolio. The runners-up were Tamara Bahr, 21 and Paul Cherol, 24, respectively at YSU. The contest wasn't just limited to YSU students. The three winners were chosen from 41 entries throughout the community.

Manolio will receive $500 for his prize-winning design, and the runners-up will receive $100 each. Ungaro said Manolio's design will be reproduced on flags as soon as the necessary appropriations are made by city council.
David Sigley, 13 December 2025

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image located by Paul Bassinson, 9 November 2019

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Paul Bassinson, 9 November 2019