Mobile Adopts Slogan, “M” Logo

Mobile City Council members honored retiring three-term Mayor Sandy Stimpson during his final public meeting on October 28 by officially recognizing “Born to Celebrate” as the city’s official slogan and the city’s blue and green “M” design as its logo, AL.com reported. Both were created approximately 10 years ago during Stimpson’s first term. The council voted unanimously to approve them. Stimpson praised both recognitions following an emotional meeting that included praise from two former Congressmen—Bradley Byrne, Mobile Chamber president and CEO, and Jo Bonner, University of South Alabama president—and comments from council members. “While I was mayor, the city council came up with ‘Born to Celebrate,’ and I love to say that,” Stimpson said after the meeting. “It’s not just about Mardi Gras. We celebrate Airbus, Austal, and the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. It’s a great message to the world to say we come together and support those kinds of things. From my perspective, that helps the image of who we are.”