Flag Redesign: Top Five Designs
The City of Hyattsville is in the process of redesigning its flag! Our current City flag was developed in the 1970s, and since then, our City has grown and changed significantly. As an important city symbol, the City Council wants to make sure our flag accurately represents the community and that City residents would proudly fly on porches, put on bumper stickers, or even get as a tattoo!
To make this happen, City Council established a volunteer Flag Redesign Committee. This committee began drafting guidelines for the new flag, and once the guidelines were in place, it was time to ask for your design ideas.
We received close to 100 flag design submissions! We are so grateful to everyone who participated in designing a flag representative of our growing and diverse community.
View the top five designs selected by the Flag Redesign Committee!
Phases
Review & Council Selection
Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey! We received 272 responses from the community.
At the October 7 City Council Meeting, the Flag Redesign Committee presented their top recommendations for a new City flag. These recommendations were based on the results of the community survey and design guidance provided by the North American Vexililogical Association.
At their October 21 meeting, City Council voted to adopt the Flag Redesign Committee's top recommendation as the new City Flag! This design was the most popular of the five finalist designs in the community survey and can be seen below.
- The triangular design references an envelope (a nod to the postmaster title held by the City's founder), the branches of the Anacostia River that frame the City, and the steep peaks of the City's historic Victorian homes.
- The light blue is a nod to the color of the City's previous flag, with the addition of yellow from the Maryland state flag, and dark blue as a compliment color.
- The flower is a stylized version of flowers native to the area, like the Black-Eyed Susan (Maryland state flower), sunflowers, and coneflowers.
Learn more about the flag redesign project at hyattsville.org/newflag.
