11/16/12 - The Brighton City Council received an update on the planned Veterans Memorial at its meeting Thursday night. Veterans Memorial Subcommittee Chairman Bryan Bradford told council the committee has $17,000 in the bank toward the project and the group has received tremendous response to its request for in-kind donations and services o the project. Bradford told the council that the group has another $33,000 to raise before the $110,000 project can become a reality. The cost of the project includes a security system and lighting. Plans were originally to have the project completed by Veterans Day this year, but Bradford says due to the slow pace of donations, it has been pushed back to Veterans Day 2013. The memorial will be located on the far side of the Mill Pond. It is planned as one of several improvements listed in the revised Mill Pond master plan. It will replace an existing memorial with a basic design consisting of a boulder with a plaque and flags. Five armed forced will be represented in the memorial; The Army, Navy Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Bradford says the subcommittee has teamed up with the Kiwanis Foundation to make it a 501C3 fund-raising effort, which means donations are tax-deductible. Those wishing to donate can do so on the groupâs website; brightonveteransmemorial,org. Also to raise funds, the veterans subcommittee will be selling memorial bricks at a suggested donation of $100 each. The bricks will be part of a new sidewalk to be installed behind the memorial. (TT/JK)
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