The City of Spencer has adopted a new logo to better represent the community.
Spencer Mayor Alisa Farmer said the new logo has not yet been publicly revealed. Farmer said the new logo highlights things that Spencer is known for. Farmer said one of those things is the Burritt College building.
“That’s a big historical place because Burritt College was the first co-ed college in the South,” Farmer said. “And so it’s got the archway and the rock wall on it.”
Farmer said the new logo also honors the county school system, the old courthouse, and Little Falls. Farmer said the city also pursued a new logo to give the city a new start.
“We had one that reflected, of course, Fall Creek Falls, and that’s always gonna be a part of our home, but as far as reflecting the City of Spencer, it did not,” Farmer said. “So we went through some changes here at the City of Spencer in dealing with the merger of our utility department with Warren County Utility, and trying to get our feet on the ground as far as working solely as a city without a utility. It was time for a new change.”
Farmer said a team of citizens, along with a team of Tennessee Tech Graphic Design students, worked together for about a year to form the new logo. Farmer said she hopes to start seeing the new logo on display soon.
“I’m hoping that we will be able to get some new Welcome to Spencer signs put up within the next year or so,” Farmer said. “It’s time-consuming to do that type of planning, but we will begin putting it on our city letterhead and things that go out from the city, as well as putting it on our municipality’s vehicles.”
However, Farmer said these things cost money, and so the city may have to slowly roll out the new logo.