The City of Covington is searching for items for a time capsule to be buried in the Covington Central Riverfront neighborhood.
The “Fill a Time Capsule” submittal event is set for April 12 in front of the Latonia Branch of the Kenton County Public Library. The City of Covington wants to allow all residents to submit items for consideration. The time capsule will be opened in 2075.
“We want to offer every resident, business, and organization in Covington the opportunity to let future generations know what life was like in The Cov in 2025,” Covington Economic Development Director Tom West said in a press release. “Even though the time capsule is just a small box, we have come up with a way for all 40,000 Covingtonians to get inside for the 50-year journey to the future.”
Covington is partnering with Kenton County Public Library and LINK nky for the event, which will be hosted by former WCPO anchor Evan Millward from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
In addition, LINK nky asked Norse Media students from Northern Kentucky University to record a video of residents as they give a 10 to 15-second explanation of why they’d like their item included.
“Our job is to tell the story of the Northern Kentucky community, and this will be a really fun way to preserve those stories for future generations,” LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling said in the release.
Of course, the 20-inch by 16.2-inch by 16-inch capsule won’t allow every item to be included. Therefore, Norse Media students will edit the video of the submittal pitches from Saturday’s event into a file and store it on a flash drive to be placed inside the time capsule.
Kenton County Library Director Dave Schroeder, staff from the library’s Local History and Genealogy Department, and Covington First Lady Angela Washington—wife of Mayor Ron Washington—will curate selected items from the submittal event to go into the capsule.
The contents will be finalized by April 30 in time for the time capsule’s dedication on May 13, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., at the corner of Russell Street and Stewart Alley at the Covington Central Riverfront. The dedication will follow the presentation of the City’s annual Authenti-CITY and Historic Preservation Awards.