How would you sell Minneapolis?

Meet Minneapolis to unveil campaign on Oct. 27

October 18, 2011 at 7:22PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Come for the spoonbridge. Stay for the lefse.

Okay, that doesn't quite trip off the tongue the way a good tagline should. Can you do better?

Meet Minneapolis next week will announce its new marketing tagline and logo intended to help draw tourists and convention-goers to Minneapolis. Here's your chance to make your own suggestion.Nominate your own tagline for Minneapolis in the comments section next to this blog item. If enough of you respond with ideas, we'll print the best. You can add a logo if you're feeling ambitious.Minneapolis: Potholes and parking restrictionsMeet Minneapolis, the city-funded convention and visitor bureau, is primarily trying to lure people living within a 400-mile radius of the city. So think about what would attract people living as far away, and in such disparate places, as Chicago and Bismarck, N.D.The new logo, tagline and the branding from which they spring are to be introduced on Oct. 27 at 11:30 a.m. in the Crystal Court of the IDS Center. Let's hope it's more memorable than the "Prosper" branding unveiled last week by Greater MSP, the new regional economic development entity. So let's start sloganeering in the comments section at the top of this post.Minneapolis: Our mayor can outski your mayor

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