Above: The Tricentennial Committee is selling engraved bricks that will be incorporated into Heritage Park. (image from Facebook)
To raise funds for Southborough’s 300th anniversary celebrations in two years, the Tricentennial Committee has been selling engraved bricks. The fundraiser will end mid-November in order to get the bricks laid in time for the celebrations.
The original promotion encouraged members of the public to pay $300 per 4″x8″ engraved brick to be installed at Heritage Park. (For an additional $15, you can also order a mini replica memento.)
The website explains:
July 8, 2027 marks the 300th anniversary of Southborough’s incorporation as a town!
The Southborough Tricentennial Committee is planning a year of celebration to honor our town’s past, present, and future.
As part of the fundraising for the celebration of Southborough’s Tricentennial, Friends of Southborough 300 Inc. is offering engraved bricks, which will be installed in Southborough’s new Heritage Park, beginning at the walkway between St Mark’s Street and the Park’s main plaza. Each brick is $300. A brick can serve as a way to honor someone, as memoriam, or contain your family’s name or the name of your business or organization.
All bricks will become a part of Southborough’s Heritage Park as a lasting tribute.
And a prior promo pitched:
Your donation will create a lasting tribute within Heritage Park, ensuring that your connection to our community endures for generations. Plus, donations for bricks are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
The committee plans to have the bricks inlaid in a path at Heritage Park beginning from the St. Mark’s Street end. (The right side of the first picture below.) For those unfamiliar with Heritage Park, it’s the little pocket park that was built a few years ago (as part of a controversial road project) between the Southborough Library and the end of St. Mark’s Street.
The property recently got some new features that might help attract more use. Tables with umbrellas have been added, and a storage box chock full of games and equipment for entertaining activities. You can read about that (and how to access the games) here.
Reminder: The Tricentennial Committee is still also looking for the public to nominate living current/former residents to be honored as History Makers. Read about that and other Tricentennial news here.
