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Uxbridge committee sketches time capsule specs and narrows logo contest for 300th
Summary
Committee members recommended a stainless‑steel, gasketed time capsule, brainstormed contents from maps to yearbook excerpts and children’s artwork, and began a gallery‑walk process to shortlist logo contest winners for coins and patches.
At its Nov. 5 meeting the Town of Uxbridge 300th Anniversary Committee discussed technical specifications for the time capsule and advanced work to narrow a community logo contest.
S6 described prior time-capsule fabrication and recommended a stainless‑steel cylindrical tube about 12–24 inches tall and 6–8 inches in diameter with a gasketed screw-top and handle; the committee agreed specifications should be finalized so local fabricators (LW Welding and others) can provide cost estimates. S6 and others advised providing material and dimensional specs for vendor quotes.
Committee members proposed a range of items for the capsule: a current town map or aerial photo, sample local menus and price lists, police and fire patches, school yearbook excerpts or paperback versions, letters from students to future residents, coins and patches, a collage of community photographs, and small artifacts such as a piece of old bleacher wood if available. Members discussed technology preservation (suggesting flash drives rather than obsolete cassettes or VHS) and ways to preserve children's artwork (vinyl encapsulation or digital images).
Separately, the committee reviewed logo contest entries from schools and residents and discussed limiting the final design to 2–3 colors to keep costs down for patches, coins and merchandise. S4 proposed a gallery-walk voting approach to pick top choices; S4 will send the top three logos to multiple vendors for proofs and pricing and present proofs back to the committee.
Next procedural steps: finalize capsule size and material choices for vendor quotes; S4 to compile top logo choices and solicit proofs from vendors within the next 48 hours when feasible; the committee will also coordinate school participation and preserve non-winning art for other uses (blankets, wraps, merchandise).
