{"id":153888,"date":"2026-04-01T02:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153888\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T02:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:22:16","slug":"kids-participate-in-logo-design-contest-for-250-celebration-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153888\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids Participate in Logo Design Contest for 250 Celebration | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is on for America250PA, and the City of Erie is gearing up for a summer packed with celebrations and community events.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"pa.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1247\" height=\"1663\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the excitement, city leaders invited the community\u2019s youngest residents to get involved. Tuesday marked the deadline for the 250th Celebration logo design competition. It was open to students in grades K through 12. Officials with the Mayor\u2019s Office said they received numerous submissions, showcasing creativity and enthusiasm across the city.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is just one piece of a larger vision for the year-long celebration honoring Erie\u2019s past while inspiring its future by engaging the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really exciting for us,\u201d said Hunter Lytle, Special Events Coordinator with the Mayor\u2019s Office of Community Affairs. \u201cWe have been here three months now and we have really made some great leeway on making sure the City of Erie is going to be represented well for America250PA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winning logo will be revealed during the mayor\u2019s news conference on April 14, where more details about Erie\u2019s plans for the 250th anniversary will also be announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor\u2019s Office will also unveil the Celebrate Erie lineup in May, highlighting how the popular festival will tie into the America250PA festivities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The countdown is on for America250PA, and the City of Erie is gearing up for a summer packed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17708,17169,2359,11517,136,138,137,69898,84,3315],"class_list":{"0":"post-153888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-250th-anniversary","9":"tag-america250pa","10":"tag-celebration","11":"tag-contest","12":"tag-erie","13":"tag-erie-headlines","14":"tag-erie-news","15":"tag-logo-design","16":"tag-mayor","17":"tag-students"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}