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Delray Beach wins $50,000 grant to document Memorial Gardens; staff seeks local and national designation
Summary
City staff presented a state- and federally funded resource survey of Delray Beach Memorial Gardens, recommended designation of the cemetery's historic 5-acre northeast section, and asked commission direction to pursue local and National Register listings and further research.
Delray Beach officials on Feb. 11 announced a completed historic resource survey of Delray Beach Memorial Gardens and said the city had secured a $50,000 small matching grant — federal and state funds that paid for the inventory and GIS mapping of graves.
The survey documents nearly 30 acres at the municipal cemetery and recommends locally and federally recognizing a roughly 5-acre historic section in the cemetery’s northeast corner, staff told the city commission.
The report, prepared under a grant that included National Park Service support, inventories more than 1,200 graves, links photographs and GPS points to an online GIS map, and follows comprehensive-plan language that asks the city to…
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