By Danielle Smith

Leader Staff Writer

Addison Township has selected a winner.

For the past three months, township officials collected logos that were submitted via a contest that was open to community members and beyond, looking to see who could best encapsulate all that Addison has to offer.

The winning logo could potentially be used for branding and other marketing materials for the township.

After much deliberation at the Oct. 21 board meeting, Trevor Potts’ logo came out on top.

The design consists of two hands, interpreted as a tree trunk, holding up an assortment of letter “A’s,” resembling a deciduous tree. At the bottom of the logo, there is a slogan that says “A place to grow.”

The logo contest spanned from July 1 and stopped accepting entries on Sept. 30 with a set of rules that contestants had to abide by.

When the contest officially closed, 12 logos were accepted for entry which meant the voting process could begin. In a 4-3 vote, Potts, who resides in Leonard, won the $200 grand prize with Colin Morey winning $50 as runner-up.

Potts got wind of the contest from his wife and with a 17-year background in teaching computer classes, he decided to give it a shot and come up with a design.

“I think I saw ‘a place to grow’ on one of the library signs, so obviously having a family of my own and knowing that this community is about families and nature and all of the great stuff that’s out here, those two things kind of fit together,” Potts said. “My family actually sat with us as we were designing and kicking around ideas, so it was kind of nice to have that be a family process, to think about what to design and what it should look like.”

After he found out that he had won, Potts was “really excited” and hopes that this inspires his students.

“I push my students to enter competitions and put their work out there, so I was looking to do the same and (it was) just a little bit of affirmation that what we are doing is good,” he said.

“All of the people with us and our experience in Leonard and Addison Township so far and teachers and community members have been very supportive of us and our family and…putting down our roots here in the community,” he said. “I can’t say enough positive things about where we live and all of the people that are here.”