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Golden, Colorado (U.S.)

Jefferson County

image located by Valentin Poposki, 19 October 2011

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From www.cityofgolden.net/play/city-flag-contest/
Thank you everyone for participating in the City of Golden flag contest! We had some beautiful entries, and appreciate your help in picking the favorites to send to City Council for a final decision. In all, 23 flag designs were submitted by everyone from grade school children to professional designers. Thousands of votes came in and the top six designs were presented to the Golden City Council, who picked the winner on June 7. The Council decided to go with the flag that received the most citizen votes.

The winning design comes from Golden resident Robert Flood. Flood is an artist and graphic designer and currently uses his talents at his job with the Denver Art Museum. Flood and his wife chose to move to Golden in 2009 because of the small town feel and community that Golden offers. "I am very honored to have my design chosen by the people and City Council and to have it represent the City of Golden for years to come," said Flood.

The most recent version of the Golden city flag was adopted by City Council in 1996. It yielded an outdated version of the City logo. Artist Robert Flood wanted to incorporate the current City logo in his design, but then expanded the horizon to include the front range and the famous hills including Lookout Mountain, Mt. Zion, and Mt. Galbraith. "I chose the one aspect of Golden that will not change over time and that is the unique location in which Golden is situated," said Flood.

The new City flag will rise for the first time over City Hall in a special ceremony before the City Council meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 26. It will then be featured in the iconic Buffalo Bill Day Parade on the following Saturday.
Valentin Poposki, 7 July 2012

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image located by Valentin Poposki, 3 March 2012

In opening a flag contest, the city announced:
www.cityofgolden.net/hot-topics/be-part-of-golden-history-help-design-a-new-city-flag/
"Golden has countless attributes that any city would envy: beautiful surroundings, a quaint downtown, countless recreational opportunities; the list goes on and on. Yet, it lacks one thing that most other cities have - an updated city flag.

The most recent version of our city flag (pictured right) was adopted by City Council in 1996, but yields an outdated version of the city logo. This flag represents part of Golden's history and will be preserved at the Golden History Center."
Valentin Poposki, 3 March 2012