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Some of the information is vague, but if all goes according to plan, Riverside Cemetery could have $20,000.
According to Max Capp, the cemetery association board’s vice president, the Riverside Cemetery Association is seeking a matching grant opportunity that could be worth $10,000. To reach a total of $20,000, the board would have to raise an additional $10,000 or take it out of their principle account.
“Things are looking pretty good for it,” Capp said Monday. “We’re just in the middle of getting that all taken care of. We match it, we get another $10,000.”
Immediate uses for the money would more than likely go toward demolishing the house that sits at the cemetery’s entrance and replacing it with an outdoor chapel area. Capp said an area at the bottom of the hill that leads into the cemetery would be beneficial for services when inclement weather makes traveling on the gravel road difficult.
The outdoor chapel is estimated at a two-year plan, while longer plans include gate installations at the entrance and a fully paved road leading up from Mo. Highway 79 into the cemetery.
“All of this has got to be done with fund-raising of course,” Capp said.
After having a second board meeting last week, Oct. 20, the board has scheduled another board meeting for Thursday, Dec. 8.
Capp will also be leading a meeting with the cemetery board’s fund-raiser committee 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hannibal Public Library.
“It’s going to be open to anybody,” he said.
Some of the information is vague, but if all goes according to plan, Riverside Cemetery could have $20,000.
According to Max Capp, the cemetery association board’s vice president, the Riverside Cemetery Association is seeking a matching grant opportunity that could be worth $10,000. To reach a total of $20,000, the board would have to raise an additional $10,000 or take it out of their principle account.
“Things are looking pretty good for it,” Capp said Monday. “We’re just in the middle of getting that all taken care of. We match it, we get another $10,000.”
Immediate uses for the money would more than likely go toward demolishing the house that sits at the cemetery’s entrance and replacing it with an outdoor chapel area. Capp said an area at the bottom of the hill that leads into the cemetery would be beneficial for services when inclement weather makes traveling on the gravel road difficult.
The outdoor chapel is estimated at a two-year plan, while longer plans include gate installations at the entrance and a fully paved road leading up from Mo. Highway 79 into the cemetery.
“All of this has got to be done with fund-raising of course,” Capp said.
After having a second board meeting last week, Oct. 20, the board has scheduled another board meeting for Thursday, Dec. 8.
Capp will also be leading a meeting with the cemetery board’s fund-raiser committee 6 p.m. Thursday at the Hannibal Public Library.
“It’s going to be open to anybody,” he said.
