Hamilton is in the midst of a search for a catchy new slogan. Seems everyone from politicians and reporters to business professor's have their idea to what catch phrase encapsulates Hamilton's unique character.
Together Strive - Together Achieve was boring. Reach, dream, rise, shine sounded like a ad campaign for a workout video. And The Ambitious City? Not exactly new.
Some of the lame slogans being offered include, Hamilton, Your Future's Calling (probably collect), Little Mountain, Big Heart(talk about alienating everyone in the rest of the city). City By The Bay? (isn't that San Francisco's motto?)
Failed Mayoral candidate Mark-Alan Whittle offered this bell ringer to the Hamilton Spectator sponsored slogan contest, Hamilton: Get Used To It. It may not win but it got me thinking, so here's my list of slogans.
Hamilton:Come smell the winds of change.
Hamilton:A different shade of green (giving Hamilton credit for the amount of green space we have for an industrial city, albeit the polution has turned it all grey)
Hamilton:Grittiness that gets under your skin.
Hamilton:At least we don't suck!
Hamilton:We do trailor trash well (just take a walk downtown any given summer day, beer guts, tatoos and tube tops, and that's just the women)
Hamilton:Toronto light.
and one last one, a slogan that speaks for our cities attitude, Hammer Time is anytime we damn well please.
Later,
Kenaz
