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Time is running out to help choose Colorado’s 150th anniversary license plate


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LAKEWOOD, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 --Time is running out to help make Colorado history.

There are still six days to vote in the Historic Colorado Contest, a Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles effort to honor the state’s 150th anniversary with a commemorative license plate designed and chosen by Coloradans.

Voting is now underway at DMV.Colorado.gov/HistoricColorado and will be open until Feb. 15. So far, almost 30,000 Coloradans have voted in the Historic Colorado Contest. The state’s 150th anniversary license plate will be based on the 13+ division’s winning design.

After the votes have been tallied, Gov. Jared Polis and the DMV will unveil the chosen design as well as present both winners with a $1,000 grant as well as a commemorative license plate. 
 

About
The Historic Colorado Contest launched Sept. 19, 2022 with the goal of helping Coloradans honor and make history through license plate design and closed with more than 300 entries from 216 entrants. Of the 216 entrants, 133 were 13-years-old or older and these contestants submitted 215 license plate designs. The other 82 were younger than 13, and these Coloradans entered 97 submissions.

Three finalists per division were selected by a committee that included motor vehicle administrators and Polis with a final, public vote on the top three designs. In addition to the two $1,000 grants, winners will get bragging rights, will be featured in all of the Governor’s Office’s and DMV’s relevant media releases as well as a commemorative license plate. 

Coloradans should visit DMV.Colorado.gov/HistoricColorado for more information. The 150th Anniversary License Plate is expected to launch in the fall.  

The Historic Colorado Contest is a low-cost effort to honor Colorado’s history and 150th anniversary with a commemorative license plate. 

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Media Kit

Over 13 Finalist of snow capped mountains and yellow sun setting. Center of place is the Colorado logo with the state capitol in its center. The bottom of the plate says Centennial State.

Artist: Alain Suel, of Denver
Div.: 13+
Inspiration: Colorado’s beautiful sunsets, blue skies, snowy mountains and the Capitol dome
B-Roll: 07:00
Promo video
 

Over 13 Finalist with the Colorado logo at the top of the plate with a dark blue background, cutout of mountains, and crest in the center

Artist: Evan Griesheimer, of Denver
Div.: 13+
Inspiration: The simplicity and colors of the Colorado State Flag, the Rocky Mountains and mining
B-Roll: 03:30
Promo video
 

Over 13 finalist, light blue sky with mountains in foreground. The word Colorado is reversed out of sky. Shield in the center of the plate with Colorado 150 in the center. Bottom of plate says A Shining History.

Artist: Dave Kottler, of Colorado Springs
Div.: 13+
Inspiration: The artist was inspired by his 30 years spent in Colorado
B-Roll: 00:14
Promo video
 

Under 13 finalist design of Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods

Artist: Calista Blaschke, of Denver
Div.: U13
Inspiration: Pikes Peak, fortune hunters, the State Bird (Lark bunting) and the State Tree (Blue spruce)
B-Roll: 07:53
Promo video 

Under 13 finalist of show capped mountains is the back and the Colorado logo as a setting sun, with evergreen trees in the foreground

Artist: Eden Eshun, of Denver
Div.: U13
Inspiration: Colorado’s mountains and forests, and the State Bird (Lark bunting)
B-Roll: 09:45
Promo video
 

Under 13 Finalist of now capped mountains in the background and an evergreen tree in the center with a bird. Rolling hills on the bottom

Artist: Calista Blaschke, of Denver
Div.: U13
Inspiration: the State Bird (Lark bunting) and the State Tree (Blue spruce), and Colorado’s nature
B-Roll: 07:53
Promo video