Auburn’s

Central Square Endurance Zone

Celebrating Endurance!

The City of Auburn celebrates all things “endurance” in its pedestrian-friendly Cental Square area, across the intersection from the main plaza and distinctly marked by a handsome brick pillar. The pillar contains information and photos about the City of Auburn’s endurance event history. As you meander up and down the street near the pillar, you can view tile insets honoring our amazing athletes and incredible sports and community contributors, all of whom provide ample credence to the City’s tagline “Endurance Capital of the World™.

When the City accomplished the hugely successful renovation of the Central Square area in 2010, the Endurance Zone was set aside for this purpose. The Endurance Capital Committee is responsible for finding candidates worthy of these honors, documenting their accomplishments, and submitting our recommendations to the City’s Streetscape and History and Arts Committee (SHAAC). Once approved by SHAAC, we work with the City’s Public Works department for the development and installation of the tile(s).

Endurance Zone

Champion

Harvey Roper

Without Harvey Roper the Endurance Zone in Central Square never would have happened. This can be said about many other “only in Auburn” developments. Harvey was an instigator, a mediator, a doer and a contributor extraordinaire. He was also a gifted outdoorsman, hiker, and both a road and mountain bike rider. He was one of the founders of the Endurance Capital Committee and was deeply dedicated to the concept of Auburn as the Endurance Capital of the World™.

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Below are the graphics of Endurance Zone installed tiles with names and descriptions of their key accomplishments. The tiles are placed left to right in roughly chronological order. Click on each to enlarge the tile and learn much more about each person. The final five tiles will be completed soon.

Kathie Perry Tile

Bob Lind M.D. Tile

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