For Canby city staff, organizations and community members, creating a place where history can tell a story many years down the road matters.
To that end, the community offered all kinds of memorabilia from this current place and time for inclusion in a time capsule stowed in the Canby City Arch during a partly sunny April 2 evening.
Canby’s Economic Development & Tourism Coordinator Tyler Nizer helped spearhead an extensive program on April 2 that had at its heart – Canby history. A night earlier the Canby City Council had issued a Historic Preservation Month proclamation for May.
And with that, groups like Canby Area Beautification, Canby Historical Society, Friends of Carus School, and the Mark Prairie Historical Society all got involved during the First Thursday Night Market on April 2.
There was information, a heritage tree planting, historic walking tours and a focus on Canby’s history and the need to preserve it. Through the time capsule in the arch, Canby residents 50 years from now will get a sense of what was happening in Canby in this era.