Though an SUV caused a recent injury to the historic burial ground, a preservationist found that the biggest risks to public safety in the cemetery came from some of its most magnificent structures: tombs built for now-dissolved society groups. Now, a five-generation master plasterer is determined to repair them.
A proposed zoning change will ban the use of certain park spaces — including Armstrong Park — for a new City Hall.
A Cantrell spokesman called the plan 'dead in the water' this week, but bid solicitations remain active on the city’s contracting portal.
Over the summer, Mayor Cantrell met with a group opposed to the plan, telling them to come up with their own ideas for how to use the building. The group has been working on it but has not heard from city officials since July.
‘You have 90 days to identify another use’ to secure FEMA funding for the building, or the city moves forward with the City Hall plan, Cantrell said on Tuesday.
