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By: Weird Before It Was Cool | Steggy

Weird Before It Was Cool | Steggy — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:26:37 +0000

[…] few weeks ago, ChangeEngine challenged us to come up with a tagline for Baltimore. The one I chose was a spin on the Keep Austin Weird […]

By: Colin Seal

Colin Seal — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:38:09 +0000

My impression with Baltimore, is that we spend to much time trying to be another major city. That is not the appeal of Baltimore. If I wanted that, I would have stayed in Atlanta. I still live here because of the neighborhoods and the people. I think we have to embrace it or we will always struggle as a city to find an identity! Great piece Jami!

By: Angelique Weger

Angelique Weger — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:50:21 +0000

There’s a similar effort going on for Maryland, though the use of the crowd is more limited (i.e., they’re just going to make a mural from the responses): http://love.maryland.gov/

By: Jami

Jami — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:02:17 +0000

Colorado is asking for participation in their new state branding initiative: http://makingcolorado.gov/

By: Robyn Stegman

Robyn Stegman — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:54:12 +0000

This reminds me of the origins of “The Charm City.” The city brought together Baltimore’s leading creative agencies to come up with something to improve their image. A campaign was born to show Baltimore’s charm through advertising in the city and the slogan is still around today (though largely attributed to Mencken and not great ad men, but I’d say that’s its own success). It seems like something like that could work now, gathering Baltimore talent together for a campaign to rebrand the city, or perhaps simply remind people of the charm that’s always been here.