Does one of these flags say ‘Utah’ to you? Lawmaker teases flag finalist ‘sneak peek’

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SALT LAKE CITY — It seems the Utah State Flag Process Pressure is near formally releasing its finalists for a potential new state flag.

Utah Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, a member of the duty pressure, tweeted an illustration Wednesday evening of 19 Utah-themed flag designs which he known as a “sneak peek,” whereas hinting that extra info may be launched on Thursday.

“Every design is impressed by a Utahn (or many) and represents hours of collaboration and volunteer design work,” his tweet learn, partly. “They’re wealthy with that means and share a robust connection to Utah.”

Members of the Utah Division of Cultural and Neighborhood Engagement, which can be engaged within the course of, instructed KSL.com in June that that they had hoped to have last designs prepared by the tip of August. That got here as members of the duty pressure and a design evaluation committee started reviewing the 5,703 designs submitted earlier within the 12 months.

The state’s Extra Than a Flag web site famous that these could be posted on-line by mid-September with an occasion scheduled on Sept. 22, the place the designs can be unveiled throughout an occasion on the Utah Capitol with related flag exhibitions in Cedar Metropolis and Logan.

A spherical of public remark is predicted earlier than the finalists are narrowed down to a few and ultimately one that’s offered to the Utah Legislature for a last vote. The ultimate suggestions deadline is presently listed as Oct. 5 on the state web site, whereas a vote is predicted to return by way of a particular session by the tip the of the 12 months.

The state started a redesign course of final 12 months. If authorized, it could be the state’s most important flag replace in over a century.

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