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Committee unveils scaled veterans monument concept and a community-funded fundraising plan
Summary
An ad hoc committee presented a scaled-back design and a fundraising plan for a veterans monument adjacent to the police station, with an estimated design cost of about $1.3 million within a $1.5M target and a fundraising strategy that combines major gifts and community-wide contributions; the design includes a central plaza, bronze plaques and an artist-commissioned sculpture.
The Veterans Monument ad hoc committee presented an updated, smaller-scale concept and a fundraising plan for a memorial adjacent to the Brentwood Police Station.
Landscape architect Maggie Ackerman of Hodgson Douglas Landscape Architects described a focused plaza anchored by a bronze sculpture meant to represent a “citizen soldier,” a seat wall for ceremonies, six branch plaques and a pond overlook for quieter reflection. “The center of the space is a curved stunning post plaza anchored by the bronze sculpture of the citizen soldier,” Ackerman said…
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