Portland Flag In the News
Safe in Port Flag Appears in Portland Magazine
As part of Portland Magazine’s summer 2021 issue the Safe in Port flag is noted as a proposed alternate to Portland’s Official City Flag. Spot the flag in the Chowder section on page 69.
Support builds to adopt new city flag in Portland (BDN)
A good summary from the Bangor Daily News of the reasons that Portland should consider new flag. (May require subscription)
Downeast Features Maine Flag Co and the Safe in Port Flag
A great profile of Portland’s hometown flag makers including several mentions of Flag for Portland and the Safe in Port flag in the December 2021 issue.
Readers submit 84 designs that could be Portland’s new flag (BDN)
In 2016 the Bangor Daily News held a reader contest to redesign the Portland flag. Here are all the entries they received. (May require subscription)
Here are the 10 semifinalists for the Portland flag contest (BDN)
Semi-finalists from The Bangor Daily News reader design contest. (May require subscription)
Here are your 3 favorite designs in our Portland flag contest. It’s time to pick the winner (BDN)
Finalists from The Bangor Daily News reader design contest. (May require subscription)
Here’s your pick for the best design in our Portland flag contest (BDN)
Here was the winning entry in The Bangor Daily News reader design contest. It is not clear if this was ever formally presented to the Portland City Council. (May require subscription)
Why City Flags May Be the Worst Designed Thing You’ve Never Noticed (TED Talk)
Renowned design afficanado and podcaster Roman Mars makes the case for a well designed city flag. Our own Portland City Flag makes a guest appearance in his rougue’s gallery of terrible flags. Well worth the viewing.