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Love the new design. Please change from the old one.

I like the look and meaning of the symbols on the new design of the Edmonton flag. I also like the simplicity of it.

I liked the explanation of Ryan’s flag design, but without that explanation I wouldn’t have appreciated his design.

Yes please change the flag

i like the new flag, brighter, lighter, more modern he did a great job of updating and keeping it simple

The old flag does not embrace Edmonton’s cultural diversity. I think it is time for a new flag and Ryan’s design is quite good.

Love the new design. Very cheerful and uplifting. It represents never ending love and understanding.

I really like the new flag design.. simple, memorable, unique. pretty easy for school kids to draw/color in school as well.

Love the new design. It is simple but still conveys, to me at least, a sense of wonder and pride for this ‘festival city’ that is my home.

Our city is home to Folk Fest, Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Jazz Fest, Ice on Whyte, Interstellar Rodeo, The Works and the oldest and largest Fringe Theatre Festival in North America (to name a few) and deserves a flag that represents our geography, history and love of the arts. This new design manages all three quite nicely.

Regardless of what the reasoning is behind the redesign of the flag – there are going to be those who love it, those who see no need for it, and those who don’t like. That being said, I do like the simplicity of it. After reading what everything means, it makes sense – clearly. Do I agree with those who posted saying that it does not depict Edmonton… to a degree. But our city is ever changing, and those are things (that are in the flag) are constant. The economy, our diversity, and everything else is changing. Essentially what I enjoy the most is the simplicity, the beautiful sky to represent the northern lights, our river, our grass and the beautiful sun we are blessed with for most of the year. Those are most definitely things that many Canadians cannot say they get to have but, living in Edmonton, we do.