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The City of Issaquah just announced they are temporarily changing their name to 12saquah in honor of the Seahawks exciting return to the Superbowl. Meanwhile Renton, the proud home of Seahawks headquarters, has been mulling a proposal since November to remove the football from our City’s logo.
Renton’s current logo includes a football celebrating the Seahawks and our sports/recreation history. A staff proposal would remove it.
[updated 2/3] Fortunately, several Renton Council Members have expressed opposition to the idea, as have many members of the public. Councilmember Ed Prince, an avid Seahawks fan whose son plays football sport competitively, was very opposed to the logo change. Councilmembers Perez, Alberson and O’Halloran also expressed concerns about the change. The once seemingly-greased November 17 proposal from Renton’s communication department recommending the change said the next step would be Council action to officially adopt the new version of the logo removing the football (along with the airplane and the salmon). Happily at this point at least four Councilmembers seems uninclined to do so.
The logo proposed by Renton Communication Division in November, and still in review, removes the football (along with the airplane and salmon).
Perhaps Seahawks fever might put an end to the idea of doing away with the football once and for all. Our Seahawks’ triumphant return to the biggest and most-watched event in US sports will certainly help remind the current council why we put the football in our logo in the first place.
And as we near the exciting Superbowl LX, we certainly can’t let our friendly neighbor “12saquah” appear more devoted to the Seahawks than we are in their loving, exuberant hometown of Renton Washington!
The staff presentation (available here) said the next step in revising the logo is formal legislation, which will require Council approval. The presentation is titled CITY LOGO
Formalization & Refresh, Council Update, suggesting Council may already be onboard.
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