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High-school alum presents community-backed flag design to Wasco council
Summary
A Wasco resident presented an eight-year, community-informed flag design that features rail history, agriculture grid, a unity circle and the city’s rose; he reported about 452 community responses and invited council-led next steps.
Alejandro Rodriguez presented a proposed city flag to the Wasco City Council, outlining design choices he said reflect Wasco's history and community identity.
Rodriguez, who said he began work as a high-school student and later surveyed the community, described the flag’s five elements: a gold outline to reference the town’s rail origins, a green grid to represent agriculture, a white cross to symbolize the city’s intersections and community connections, a golden circle for unity and a rose at the center referencing Wasco’s rose festival. He told the council he had circulated a Google Form and received roughly 452 responses that shaped the current iteration.
Why it matters: municipal flags are symbolic civic identifiers and can be adopted formally through council action or community processes. Rodriguez asked the council to begin a conversation about possible next steps and offered to gather further input and help with outreach.
Council response: councilmembers thanked Rodriguez for the work and encouraged further community engagement; staff said they would help connect him with school and district communications and suggested the clerk forward contact details.
Next steps: councilmembers said the matter would be discussed further at a future meeting when the full council is present; Rodriguez offered to deliver updated designs and run additional community surveys if the council requests further outreach.
