The city of Irvine voted unanimously on Jan. 10 to direct city staff to implement plans for a veterans memorial park and botanical garden at the city’s Great Park, after plans that included a veterans cemetery at the location fell through in 2021. The location in the park for the proposed project, known as the…
Irvine Plans for Veterans Memorial Park
January 17, 2023
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Irvine Becomes Final OC City to Support Building Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim
The City of Irvine voted 4-1 to support building a state veterans cemetery at the Gypsum Canyon site in Anaheim instead of the El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, making it the final Orange County city to pass a resolution of support. The resolution was brought forward by Vice Mayor Tammy Kim and Councilman Mike…
Anaheim Greenlights Veteran’s Cemetery Site
July 22, 2021
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors will consider allocating $20 million toward a veteran’s cemetery at Gypsum Canyon after city council in Anaheim, Calif., approved the location during a July 20 meeting. Council’s support for the site came less than a month after Irvine decided not to move forward with building a Veteran’s Memorial Park and…
Irvine Halts Plans for Veteran’s Cemetery
June 23, 2021
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City council in Irvine, Calif. took no action to construct a Veteran’s Memorial Park and Cemetery at the Orange County Great Park, following long debates paired with mixed opinions from the public. Council held a June 22 presentation about two potential Great Park sites for the cemetery. Both are on the El Toro Marine Base. The first site is called Amended and Restated Development Agreement (ARDA), and the other is a land parcel zoned for a golf…
Opposing Groups Unite to Express Cemetery Concerns
May 28, 2021
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Some Irvine, Calif. residents say they’re concerned about the location of a planned State Veterans Memorial Park. One group of protesters during a May 25 rally said they’d like the cemetery to be placed at the former El Toro Marine Base, while another group called for it to be placed elsewhere, away from homes and…
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