Development
BY CLAIRE SHOOP
Veterans org raises funds for memorial
What’s next
The fundraising campaign kicked o Sept. 15, and VMAG is looking to secure pledges totaling $200,000 in funding by the end of November. Initial estimates show work starting in late January or February and taking about two months to complete, Monnat said. After that, landscaping surrounding the pergola will be nalized in the spring. The organization’s goal is to reopen the revitalized portion of the memorial plaza by Memorial Day, May 25. “This is entirely by veterans, for veterans, about veterans, and I think that’s what makes it so very special,” Klutz said. “I really think this is going to be something that’s kind of rare for even Texas once we get all of this together.”
The Veterans Memorial Advisory Group, the organization charged with overseeing the Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza in Sun City, is working to raise $200,000 to revitalize the memorial. The project entails constructing a pergola with benches behind the wall of the memorial where visitors can sit and re ect, surrounded by native landscaping and pavers, VMAG Chair Diane Klutz said. Currently, there are a number of Italian cypress trees behind the wall. However, VMAG Communications Chair George Monnat said these trees are not native to Texas, adding that the group has spent tens of thousands of dollars to maintain them. Monnat said as the memorial exists now, it’s not very inviting to go behind the wall. He hopes this project opens up that area. “We really wanted it to be a place of quiet
The project includes installing a pergola with benches, as well as relocating dedicated plaques.
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re ection, a place ... that will give you goosebumps when you go back into this area,” Klutz said.
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