the green outline represents our county’s amazing forest preserves. the yellow band on the bottom represents farms and agriculture, which is what our country grew from. the blue band on the bottom is representative of our Lake Michigan and all the other awesome lakes, rivers, ponds in our county. the sun is obviously representing the beautiful sunrise over our lake but on addition to that, each ray of sun represents a region. the city of Chicago and the north, south, northwest, west, and southwest suburbs. all those regions are connected to the sun displaying our amazing, unique community. it is our differences and different background, beliefs, wants and needs that bring us together and create one of the best cities and counties. the circle is the 5.2 of us living and coexisting together.