Auburn’s
Central Square Endurance Zone
Auburn,
Celebrating Endurance!
The City of Auburn celebrates all things “endurance” in its pedestrian-friendly Central 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 tagline “Endurance Capital of the World®”. More tiles will be installed, as the ECC is limited to one candidate submission per year.
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 Advisory Committee (SHAAC). Once approved, SHAAC submits the candidates to the City Council for its members’ approval. Then the ECC works with the City’s Public Works department and the tile engraving company for the 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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