Oswego County Announces Fair Housing Coloring Contest Winners

CELEBRATING CREATIVITY – Winners in the 8- to 12-year-old age group were also recognized at the 2025 Fair Housing Coloring Contest ceremony. Pictured from left are Oswego County Fair Housing Officer and Director of Community Development, Tourism and Planning Tim Stahl; Oswego County Legislator Charles Burger, District 17; honorees Georgia Stupp, Azalea Rossi and Kaia Grace Leonard; Oswego County Legislator Mary Ellen Chesbro, District 10, chairwoman of the county Legislature’s Economic Development and Planning Committee; and Oswego Housing Development Council Executive Director Marion Naramore.

OSWEGO COUNTY – The Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning announces the winners of the annual Fair Housing Coloring Contest. Each year, Oswego County children aged 4 to 12 enter the contest to color their idea of what fair housing means to them.

 

The contest is separated into two age groups. The winners of the 4- to 7-year-old age group are:

  • First place: Olivia Clark
  • Second place: Sophia DeSantis
  • Third place: Luna Nolan
  • Honorable Mention for Creativity: Kenley Leonard

The winners of the 8- to 12-year-old age group are:

  • First place: Kaia Grace Leonard
  • Second place: Azalea Rossi
  • Third Place: Georgia Stupp
  • Honorable Mention for Creativity: Nathan Coulter
COLORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD – The Oswego County Department of Community Development, Tourism and Planning held an award ceremony for winners of the 2025 Fair Housing Coloring Contest. Pictured from left with the winners of the 4- to 7-year-old group are Oswego County Fair Housing Officer and Director of Community Development, Tourism and Planning Tim Stahl; Oswego County Legislator Charles Burger, District 17; honorees Olivia Clark, Sophia DeSantis, Kenley Leonard and Luna Nolan; Oswego County Legislator Mary Ellen Chesbro, District 10, chairwoman of the county Legislature’s Economic Development and Planning Committee; and Oswego Housing Development Council Executive Director Marion Naramore.

Thanks to the generosity of local sponsors, coloring contest winners each got to select an item from a variety of prizes. Prize options included a cosmic bowling prize pack from Lighthouse Lanes in Oswego, a family four-pack to the Children’s Museum of Oswego, family fun packs from Splash Indoor Water Park in Oswego, and Visa gift cards from Fulton Savings Bank and the Oswego County Federal Credit Union.

This year’s contest coloring book page was placed in local weekly newspapers for two weeks. All entries were displayed at the Oswego County Fair and on the first floor of the Oswego County Legislative Office Building, where staff and visitors voted to select the winners.

The annual contest helps Oswego County mark the Fair Housing Act of 1968, enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In the years since, the Oswego County Legislature has passed two local laws in support of equal housing opportunities for all county residents.

The body also appointed Oswego County Director of Community Development, Tourism and Planning Tim Stahl as the Oswego County Fair Housing Officer and proclaimed April as Fair Housing Month to promote, support and enforce equal housing opportunities for all county residents.

For more information about fair housing, call CNY Fair Housing at 315-471-0420 or email [email protected].

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