SPOKANE, Wash. — The City of Spokane’s Flag Commission held a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to finish the process of selecting the flag design finalists.
During the meeting, the commission approved the nine finalists. Those finalists will then be presented to the public for a vote in late March or early April.
The commission also approved minor design changes and sending mock-ups of those changes to the artists.
The final designs will be sent to city council for approval pending the artists' approval of any changes and the signing of legal release forms. Then, the finalists will be presented to the public.
The commission's next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12 at 2 p.m.
The current city flag's lack of popularity prompted City Council Member Kate Burke to lead a charge to replace it, resulting in the formation of the Spokane Flag Commission in December 2019.
Spokane's flag became a hot topic once again when it was the subject of a viral TikTok made by Gonzaga student Bradley Miller. He called the flag "an atrocity."
The flag commission received more than 400 design submissions over the course of several months of an open call for designs.
