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Stow Arts Commission narrows city mascot ideas to fox, owl and billy-goat options; will solicit designs and wider buy-in

Stow Arts Commission · February 4, 2026
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Summary

Commissioners traded ideas for a city mascot — fox, owl, billy goat and several other concepts were discussed — and agreed to prepare three design options for community feedback and interdepartmental buy-in before presenting to the mayor and council.

The Stow Arts Commission spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing a city mascot and other branding items after Speaker 1 raised the idea and said the mayor had asked the commission to develop concepts. Commissioners proposed multiple concepts — a fox, an owl ("Stowl the owl"), a billy goat or "snowbilly," a butterfly, frog, and other locally resonant animals — and debated how the mascot…

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