Tag-Line and Logo Competition

Help Brand the Amherst Master Planning Process

The Planning Board and the Master Plan Steering Committee have selected 3 of the 19 submitted tag-lines as finalists in the tag-line competition. The second stage of this competition will involve the creation of a logo for the Amherst Master Plan effort. Designers and artists are invited to submit a logo based on one of the three finalist tag-line that will brand the Master Planning process. Children, students, artists, historians, athletes, any and all citizens may submit one or more entries for an Amherst Master Plan Logo, based on one or more of the tag-lines, below.

The rules are as follows:

• Any citizen of Amherst, NH may submit one or more entries for either the Tag-Line or the Logo. The Steering Committee will chose a tag-line from submissions at its December 13th, 2006 Master Planning meeting. The Steering Committee will chose a logo from submissions at its January 10th, 2007 Master Planning meeting.
• All entries for the tag-line must be received by 6 PM, December 13th, 2006. All entries for the logo must be received by 6 PM, January 10th, 2007.
• A future logo submission may include any photograph that you have taken, or those that you find on the Amherst Town web site. Send a request to Richard Hart ( ) if you would like a higher resolution version of any picture you find on this web site, if available.

The winning tag-line and the winning logo will appear on all Amherst Master Planning collateral material, to include the web site, mailings, posters, banners and other displays.

Tag-Line Finalists

Which do you like best? Design or draw a logo that incorporates one of the finalist tag-line below. Then come to the Master Planning meeting in the town hall on January 10th to voice your preference.

Amherst Patterns for the Future

AMP - Lighting the Future     Key: Amherst Master Plan

Amherst Visions

Logo Entries

The following logos have been entered so far.

Submit Your Logo Entry

What might a Logo look like? For some suggestions and inspiration, read the design guidelines for a possible logo.

Electronically submit a jpg or gif image of your Logo entry below; give a paper copy of your logo to Charlie Tiedeman in the Planning and Zoing Dept. in the Town Hall, or send them to Master Planning Competition, Planning and Zoning Dept., Town Hall, PO Box 960, Amherst, NH 03031. Please come to the Planning Board meeting at 7:00 on January 10th, at the Town Hall, to help us select the winning logo and tag-line. Also, please register yourself with the Amherst Master Plan Project.

Send In your Logo Entry On-Line

* Your privacy is valued. This information will only be used in conjunction with this competition and the Amherst Master Plan Project.