Island Cemetery Newport hosted a one day workshop in Newport to consider how the seven contiguous historic cemeteries (which include Island Cemetery and Annex, Common Burial Ground, Friends Cemetery, the Common Burial Ground, Braman, North Burial Ground and St. Mary’s) might collaborate on developing an achievable vision for connecting and developing their open space.

Important elements included the common goals of the public and private cemeteries and descendants, the surrounding community, visitors, historic researchers, and the City of Newport. and Newport’s Tree and Open Space Master Plan.  

Tanya Kelley of PLACEstudio, LLC  facilitated the workshop which was funded by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation and held at the Marriott on Friday, April 19th.  

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