The City Council approved the design of a logo for the Culver City Centennial.

The logo was presented by Councilman Jim Clarke, president of the Culver City Centennial Celebration Committee, a non-profit organization created to help plan and coordinate activities during the Centennial year, Sept. 20, 2016-Sept. 20, 2017, the official date of incorporation.

Culver City Centennial Logo

According to Mr. Clarke, the logo will be used to identify events and projects that are part of the official celebration, as well as to denote Centennial sponsors and supporters.

“We wanted a logo that could be clearly identified as Culver City and was easily readable,” he said. “The linking 0s in 100 can also be interpreted as two Cs standing for Culver City and for Community and Commerce, two values of the city’s founder Harry Culver.”

The logo was designed by the Zehner Group, a Los Angeles-based company hired by the committee to design and develop a Centennial website and assist in creating an overall marketing strategy.

Goran Eriksson, chair of the Centennial Committee’s marketing committee, told the Council the Zehner Group had developed multiple designs that were first shown to the marketing committee and later to the Centennial board.

Both groups unanimously approved the logo design presented to the Council.

Mr. Eriksson said the website should be operational by June 1. Paul Jacobs, Committee Vice President, announced that the Committee had received 34 written proposals for events or projects during the Centennial.

During the next few months, the committee will be working with the applicants to finalize their proposals. Mr. Jacobs encouraged anyone with a proposal for a Centennial activity to contact the Committee at CulverCity100@gmail.org or P.O. Box 4521, Culver City, CA 90231-4521.

Besides Messrs. Clarke, Eriksson and Jacobs, the Centennial Celebration Committee board consists of Mike Cohen, Darrel Menthe, Terry Robins, Judy Scott, Jozelle Smith, Phil Tangalakis and Scott Wyant. The Advisory Committee members are Julie Lugo Cerra, Steve Rose and Chris Wilde (Harry Culver’s grandson). City Liaison is Shelly Wolfberg.

The Committee meets monthly on the third Tuesday at 7 o’clock in the Dan Patacchia Room, the ground floor of City Hall. The public is welcome.

Ms. Tepley may be contacted at kjt@losangelesconsultinggroup.com