Dec 28, 2007 We received over 40 entries in our Logo Contest, and had a hard time narrowing that down to three winners. Thank you to all who entered. This web site incorporates the winning logo design, and you will also start to see this logo appearing on brochures and other outreach materials.

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Logo Contest Winners Announced

In early 2007, the Partnership held a Logo Contest. We received over 40 entries and had a hard time narrowing that down to three winners. Thank you to all who entered. We are very grateful to our sponsors who generously donated prizes: Lake City Bank, Il Forno, and Rachel's Bread. You will start to see this logo appearing on brochures and other outreach materials.

Logo Contest Winners

Grand prize: Alison Sties

Alison is owner of Sties Design (www.stiesdesign.com), a Goshen business specializing in all types of print design. Her logo incorporates a home, a tree, and a stream, showing the connections between our community and our waterways. The circular design and arrows call to mind the hydrologic cycle as well as the idea of working together that the Stormwater Partnership stands for. Alison's husband, Mark, is an Innovative Media Designer, specializing in web video and flash animation.

Honorable Mention: Stephen Mack and Alex Yaeger

Stephen, a senior at Fairfield High School, submitted a depiction of hands holding a water drop. The judges appreciated the way this logo portrayed the human role in caring for our water resources. After graduation, Stephen plans to study art, graphic design, and English at Grace College in Winona Lake. He currently works at the World Missionary Press as an Information Technology Assistant, editing film of special guests and converting it to DVD, among other tasks. He enjoys drawing, sculpture, painting, writing, and electronic music.

Alex recently moved to Bristol with his family after growing up in the Chicago area. He plans to return to the College of DuPage (Illinois), where he has completed a year of school, to study web publishing or advertising. He currently works on his own artwork and conducts some business on eBay. He says he is "a familiar face at the local post office, as I frequently have packages to ship." Of his logo, Alex says it is "an outsider's first impression of the area's mixture of urban and rural setting." The contest judges appreciated the simplicity of Alex's logo, even as it showed the variety of land uses in Elkhart County.

The winning logo, designed by Alison Sties
Honorable Mention - Alex Yaeger Honorable Mention - Stephen Mack