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Cemetery preservation returns to front of Clay County board's agenda; members push for inventory and site visits
Summary
Board members urged the Historical Preservation Board to broaden its work beyond markers to inventory and protect cemeteries and historic structures; staff agreed to restore regular cemetery updates to future agendas and coordinate GIS and volunteer efforts.
Board member Kathy urged the Clay County Historical Preservation Board to broaden its focus beyond signage to include cemetery preservation and a formal inventory of archaeological, architectural and historic resources.
"One of the main reasons for me joining the Board was because of cemetery preservation," Kathy said at the Oct. 1 meeting, citing earlier commission objectives that called for an inventory of unincorporated-county buildings and cemeteries built prior to 1940. She asked why cemetery work had dropped off the board's recent agendas and requested that cemetery updates be reinstated as a standing item.
Beth, the county historic preservation staff member, agreed to "put it…
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