COVID-19 Community Memorial Project Installation Underway in Salinas

If you are visiting the County of Monterey Government Center on Alisal in Salinas in July, you’ll see construction

activity around the government and court buildings as the County’s COVID-19 Memorial is being installed.

The beautiful new installation made of colored glass panels will be placed along the pedestrian plaza across

from the Crime Victims Memorial, serving both as a reminder of lives lost and a way to honor all those that

helped our county through the pandemic – our local healthcare workers, public servants and the community.

The County of Monterey lost 940 residents to COVID-19 during the pandemic. This tribute was funded by

donations made over the last three years and managed by the Community Foundation for Monterey County.

Contributions are still being accepted. Major donors to the project include:

Supervisor Luis Alejo

Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.

Monterey County Office of Education

Grower Shipper Association of Central

California

Salinas Valley Health Foundation

Salinas Valley Health, Medical Staff

Santa Lucia Rotary Foundation

Salinas Rotary Club

Natividad Medical Foundation Inc.

Nicholas M. Pasculli

“Each life lost to Covid-19 mattered and leaves a hole in

the hearts of loved ones, family members, friends and

surrounding community,” said Supervisor Luis Alejo,

who was a driving force behind the memorial project.

The memorial will have five transparent colored panels

representing the five Districts in Monterey County,

composed of multiple pieces of colored glass in varying

tones of the same color, signifying our county’s diversity.

There will be solar lighting, landscaping and a seating

bench. The project budget is $340,000. Work should be

completed in early August.

Project collaborators include:

• Shelby Hawthorne Glass, Sand City (she is a Big Sur native)

• Paul David Partnership

• BFS Landscape Architects

• R.F. Koeber Inc, Contractor

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