Tucker staff is collecting feedback about a community-focused time capsule that will honor the city’s history in time for the city’s 10th anniversary later this year.
Tucker’s time capsule will include memorabilia highlighting the businesses, volunteer organizations, government, and resident life of Tucker. The project is part of an effort to start setting roots for the city, Tucker Communications Director Sonja Szubski told Rough Draft.
“Since [becoming incorporated], we’ve just really been focusing on laying the foundations for a successful future,” she said. “Now we’re 10 years in, and it feels like we’re getting out of the toddler stage as a city and able to start acknowledging and finding our roots… We’re going deeper now.”
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To ensure the community is involved with the time capsule, city staff are encouraging residents to provide feedback in a survey that was launched in March. The survey includes questions on what kinds of items should be included in the time capsule, how far into the future it should be opened, and how much of Tucker’s historical timeline should be captured.
“It’s going to be neat to see how we reach every aspect of the community and find ways to honor them in the future,” Szubski said.
Other details about the time capsule, like whether it will be buried or locked up and whether the contents will be announced or kept secret, are currently up in the air, but there will be a community event to commemorate the time capsule being sealed. The historical monument will also coincide with an installation in the municipal court lobby highlighting the city’s history.
City staff will accept survey responses until September, and the time capsule will be completed in time for the 10th anniversary celebration this November.
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