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Residents urge city to fund and take lead on historic Black cemetery preservation
Summary
Public commenters at the council workshop urged Tampa to take a more active role in identifying, testing and preserving historic burial sites in Robles Park, College Hill and other neighborhoods and to help with ground‑penetrating radar and land purchases.
Tampa — Multiple residents used the City Council’s public comment period to press the city to take stronger action to identify and protect historic Black cemeteries and to help property owners pay for investigations, markers and land purchases.
Connie Burton told the council she had lived in Robles Park “20 years” and said the city should go "beyond just putting up markers" where gravesites have been found; Burton linked the issue to broader…
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