FLINT UNION CEMETERY

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

 

The Flint Cemetery master plan provides a long range vision that meets the needs of the market, maximizes the land utilization, and integrates the historic portion of the cemetery with the new expansion. The cemetery dates back prior to the Civil War and began as a family family, with records showing the first burial in 1821.

 

Based on the principles of the rural cemetery movement, and fresh ideas from public meetings.  A master plan was developed that provides more than 7,500 spaces for traditional lawn burial, cremated remains burial, niche spaces.  The plan calls for creative memorial options and dense perimeter fence and landscape to create a sacred, inward-focused environment for contemplation.  

 

Key recommendations include preservation and enhancement of the historic cemetery and wooded ravine; sub-surface stormwater detention to conserve land area; grading that utilizes spoils from grave excavations for mounding future burials areas of the site; entry and directional signs; a fountain feature, meditation garden, maintenance building, visitor center / office, and an interpretive history walk.  

 

The master plan will create a sacred space that provides a permanent and dignified resting place for the dead as well as a place of beauty and contemplation for the living.