Ames Main Street Cultural District Announces New Executive Director

The Main Street Cultural District chose a new director. She starts Jan. 3.

Initial Input on Ames Logo Negative

Ames residents have until Friday to tell the city what they think about the new initial.

The arrow within Ames' proposed new logo, an abstract letter A, isn't immediately apparent to some. Comments left on the City of Ames Facebook page suggest that a shoot of grass, a sail boat, crab claws or maybe a pair of scissors is its first impression. The City of Ames released the logo to the public last week wanting to gather resident input. So far the majority of opinions sent to Susan Gwiasda, City of Ames Public Relations Officer, have been negative. She's received 100 responses or so via email and the city's Facebook page. Some people really love it, but in general the response is people are not too fond of the new design, she said. But the logo maker need not take it to heart. People who think something's fine don't usually …

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