DALTON, Mass. — The Dalton Green Committee is asking Wahconah Regional High School to submit logo designs for its Climate Action Plan. 

 

The committee has sent a letter to the school's art teacher, Bonnie Capogna, requesting her students' assistance in creating a design to accompany its CAP. 

 

"We would like the logo to touch upon one or more of the following attributes representative of our community or any other pertinent attributes [including] the Housatonic River, Appalachian Trail, Pine Grove and Greenridge parks, the town hall, Community, Recreation Association, family and community values, smallness, friendliness, and charm of our community," Green Committee member Laurie Martinelli said. 

 

"The logo may reflect Dalton's past, present, and future environmental climate status. Designs may include a phrase or tagline … The artists will be publicly recognized for their cap contribution."

 

All designs should be submitted to the Dalton Green Committee by Oct. 31. Following the deadline, the committee will review all the submissions and submit the qualifying logos to its steering committee for a final selection of one or more designs. 

 

Once a design is selected, the committee's CAP consultant, Blue Strike, will have its graphic designer amend the selected logo, which the artist will review and approve. 

 

Blue Strikes graphic designer is meant to "clean up and tie up a few key concepts" that the committee brings to them, said Cisco Tomasino, climate and events manager, during a previous meeting. 

 

The committee is developing a climate action plan with Blue Strike to achieve net-zero by 2050 by seeking strategies to decrease the town's dependence on fossil fuels for homes, businesses, municipal facilities, and vehicles. 

 

Part of this process is community engagement, which involves informing residents about the climate action plan, gathering community input for its development, and answering people's questions. 

 

"A picture is worth 1,000 words," committee member Antonio Pagliarulo said during a previous meeting.