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Hillside Cemetery Development Plans On Hold

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Pray tree at the Hillside Cemetery.
Prayer tree at the Hillside Cemetery.

Drew Lawton of Sierra Memorial Gardens issued today a press statement about the controversial restoration of the historic Hillside Cemetery.

The plans are suspended, he said. His statement:

In view of a few families’ unfavorable responses received during the notification phase of the restoration plan for the Hillside Cemetery, effective today the plan for the restoration has been suspended.”

There was no indication when the plans would be revisited or changed.

Family members of descendants, who have been actively protesting the plans, met today at the downtown Washoe County library to discuss the situation.

The city said it has no authority to do anything about Lawton’s plans. The county health district issued a permit to exhume the remains, which was originally scheduled to be on or around Sept. 30, 2016.

Bob Conrad
Bob Conradhttp://thisisreno.com
Bob Conrad is publisher, editor and co-founder of This Is Reno. He has served in communications positions for various state agencies and earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2011. He is also a part time instructor at UNR and sits on the boards of the Nevada Press Association and Nevada Open Government Coalition.

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