HomeMy WebLinkAboutFlag_Post_11/24/2010 + THE PALM BEACH POST • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010
Tequesta hopes
to raise profile
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with new flag
The design is part of the village's
effort to improve its marketing.
By BILL DIPAOLO
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
TEQUESI'A — Something different is
flapping from the village hall flagpole -. f,1�
these days: the community's new flag. Villa of Tequesta
Seeking to promote the 5,700 -resi- Designed by Village Manager Mike Couzzo,
dent village at the north end of Palm the new flag flies at village hall and six other
Beach County, officials spent $1,963 locations in Tequesta.
for seven nylon flags that will fly above
buildings including the parks and rec-
reation department and the water treat- book page for better promotion and
ment plant. communication with residents.
Four of the flags are 5 by 8 feet. The Village stationery and the village
other three are 12 by 18 feet. website will continue to carry the
'We've never had a flag. We are more symbol of the Tequesta Indian, which.
aggressively marketing the village as a appears on the new Tequesta Drive
great place to live and come visit," said bridge over the Loxahatchee River and
Village Clerk Lori McWilliams. other locations.
The flag features two orange and red The village plans to copyright both
feathers, tinted with black, blue, yellow designs, which will add about $200 to
and green. "Tequesta" is written in blue the total cost. The seven flags were pur-
script alongside a "swoosh" designed by chased from Gurnee, Ill. -based Quality
Village Manager Mike Couzzo. Flags Inc.
"We wanted something that would "The flags really stand out. You can
create an identity for the village," see them a mile away," McWilliams
Couzzo said, said.
The village recently launched a Face- p blll_dipaolo @pbpost.com