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residents, encourage community engagement and develop a new slogan. The format will be <br /> set-up so that people can "Like" specific slogans and suggest others. After the contest ends, <br /> the BOCC will review the entries according to a list of criteria drawn up beforehand - and <br /> determine the winning slogan. <br /> Laurie Paolicelli made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Orange County Slogan Selection Campaign <br /> 5 objectives <br /> 1. Community engagement <br /> 2. Pride of ownership <br /> 3. Media exposure <br /> 4. Re-brand <br /> 5. New sign <br /> Two Options: <br /> 1. Open Ended Contest <br /> • Invite ALL Submissions <br /> • OR <br /> 2. Offer FIVE signs to vote on <br /> NCDOT CONTEXT TO NAME 1-40/440 Rebuild <br /> What started out in a serious vein quickly took a twist when the responses started pouring in. <br /> The five finalists were: <br /> Carmuda Triangle <br /> Crawleigh <br /> South-Wake Remake <br /> Southern Discomfort <br /> Wake-Over <br /> The new name became Crawleigh with almost a 50% vote. NC-DOT apparently prefers the <br /> name FORTIFY 1-40. <br /> The entries that received an honorable mention: <br /> 1. Lane-Sanity <br /> 2. Fortyfication <br /> 3. 1-40; Duke-0 <br /> 4. Tar Hell <br /> 5. 40 Shades of Congestion <br /> 6. Lanes of Pain <br /> 7. Shouldhavebuiltalightrailinstead <br /> 8. Lordylordygetmeoffforty <br /> 9. Numb Buns <br /> 10. Constructipation —Waiting for traffic to get moving again <br /> 11.Y'all Crawl <br /> Suggestions for Orange County Signage (5 slides): <br /> Welcome to Orange County. Where the past is always present. <br /> Welcome to Orange County, North Carolina. Founded in 1752 in the heart of North Carolina. <br /> Welcome to Orange County, North Carolina. Around the corner. Ahead of the Curve. <br />