Does anyone here know a logo designer or have additional experience / suggestions?
Yep. I started buying graphic design services in the early 1980s, went to design school in the late 1980s, and have been designing this, that, and a few dozen other things since then.
You don't usually get much graphic design for $75. That said", if I recall correctly, the Nike swoosh was concocted by a design student for the grand sum of $100 or $150. Sometimes you get lucky.
If you have a reasonably well developed idea, start calling local printing and publishing firms. Lots of them do "graphic design," and many have "graphic designers" who'll be glad to work with you, either on company time or on a freelance basis.
That's not a good way to end up with a truly excellent design; then again, clarity is much more effective in the marketplace than excellence. Plain old-fashioned legibility is well over half the battle. Keep it simple. Keep it straightforward. Keep it clean. It'll most probably be okay.