Monterey, CA Veterans Cemetery To Receive Funding From State Of California And The David & Lucile Packard Foundation

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I wrote Wednesday on my blog about the difficulty that a local non-profit is having raise $2.6 million in the next two weeks which will be necessary in order to get a federal grant of $6.7 million for the construction of a veterans cemetery on the old Fort Ord Base.  The state of California only has until October 15 to tell the Department of Veteran Affairs whether it will accept the funds.  If backers of the cemetery don't come up with the shortfall by October 15, the grant would probably have fallen through.  However, there is hope that this can happen.  Governor Brown is said to have committed $2 million towards the project and it was reported in the Monterey Herald that the David & Lucile Packard Foundation is going to loan $450,000 to the project.  They may also approve a $100,000 grant, which would be such a blessing.  It's great to see that after all of this hard work it looks like the Veterans Cemetery will become a reality. 

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