Trustee introduces volunteer-led veterans memorial proposal for Lincoln and King Drive site
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A trustee introduced a community-led proposal to build a Veterans Memorial Park at the triangular corner of Lincoln and King Drive; a local veterans organizer offered to donate materials and coordinate volunteers, and trustees said the project will be pursued at no cost to the village.
Trustee Tammy Brown presented a proposal at the June 2 meeting from a local resident to create a Veterans Memorial Park on the triangular lot at Lincoln and King Drive.
Carlos Redman, who identified himself as a founder of the Chicago Area Veterans Forum and a Dolton resident, told trustees he would coordinate veteran volunteers and in-kind donations so the memorial would not require village funds. "I can make it happen if y'all wanted that," Redman said, and described plans to source surplus items downstate, landscape the site, add flagpoles, picnic tables and benches and coordinate local veterans to build and install improvements.
Trustee Tammy Brown said the project would seek signatures from an elected official to complete paperwork and that she had already contacted the state senator. The trustee emphasized the project is intended to be funded and executed largely through nonprofit and veteran organization donations and volunteer labor and said she will follow up by preparing the paperwork and identifying a village signatory.
No formal vote or council action was taken; trustees asked staff to receive the paperwork and to coordinate next steps with the proposers.