Help Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library with a new logo

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library is a single branch library serving a population of 26,000. The library will be moving to a new, 40,000 square foot facility in Spring 2011. We want a fresh new look to match our new library and new website we're currently working on.

Our modern library carries more than just books, with music and books on CD, DVDs, audio and ebook downloads and other online research resources. We also have a local history room with newspaper archives, family histories and local resources. We do not want a logo that focuses solely on the book. The new library will also function as a cultural centre with art displays, meeting space and a large community room.

Our Mission:
to make the Library the heart of the community
Our Vision:
that everyone, infants to seniors, will look first to the Library to fulfill their informational, educational, leisure and cultural needs.

Some keywords that appeal to us include community, imagine, welcoming, accessible, inspirational, creative, valuable, and professional. We want to stress how easily we can fit into people’s lives and provide them with free resources for information and entertainment.

We would like to use the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury’s logo (attached) as an inspiration for our logo. See examples we like from the Bradford Board of Trade and the Farmer’s Market who have also adapted the town logo. We do not want to use their tagline, but would like to keep their colours and are open to adding additional colours.

The community includes both urban and rural areas with the majority of the population centered in the town of Bradford, located on the fringe of the GTA and adjacent to the Holland Marsh (farming). Easily accessible from Highways 400, 27 and 11 (Yonge Street), Bradford West Gwillimbury is a growing community, reflected in the increasing demand for library services. Our patrons are restricted to this geographic location and include young professionals and families, rural farmers, commuters to Toronto, empty nesters and retirees. While the population is predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon, there are segments of the population with Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Punjabi or Mexican backgrounds. There is a strong sense of family values and local churches, mainly Protestant, are well attended.

We need a CMYK image (preferably SVG) and a layered RGB file (png) and jpg.