WELD COUNTY, CO – Last night at the monthly meeting for the Highway 85 Coalition, a room full of judges narrowed 105 entries for the Centennial Highway Logo Contest down to one design which will represent the corridor through Weld County. Steve Gonser, of Greeley, submitted the winning logo and will receive the $1,000 prize for his design.

“We were very impressed with the quality of entries we had to review,” said Weld County Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, member of the Highway 85 Coalition. “The creativity of many of the entries made our job difficult. It was great to see so much participation from the community, and we believe the winning logo will represent the 85 corridor well.”

A total of 105 logos, submitted by 44 individuals, were entered into the contest. Each logo was catalogued, given a number and presented to the judges for review at last night’s meeting.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s large-scale civic engagement initiative, TBD, will host nine meetings in Douglas County during March, April and May. This initiative seeks self-nomination of participants who will provide input on Education (birth – 12; and higher education); Transportation; Health Care and the State’s fiscal health. Participants are expected to attend all three meetings in the region in which they have nominated themselves to participate.