SERVICE UH NOT THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS WITH HIS FAMILY. THE
FUTURE OF A SPECIAL PLACE IN
THE GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD MAY BE
IN JEOPARDY. FOX NEWS,
MICHELLE MADARAS SHOWS WHY
THIS PLACE IS SO IMPORTANT TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER
TO CLEAN UP THE TRANSGENDER
MEMORIAL GARDEN HERE IN THE
GROOM, BUT THIS LAND COULD BE
IN JEOPARDY. SO THIS LAND.
THE SECRET TO COMMUNITY,
IT'S NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT IN OUR
COMMUNITY LEADERS SAY THE
TRANSGENDER MEMORIAL GARDEN AT
THE CORNER OF AN ADVENTURE IN
HUNT IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE
UNITED STATES. IT HAS BEEN THE
SITE OF MARRIAGES,
CELEBRATIONS, VIGILS AND EVEN
ASHES HAVE BEEN SCATTERED
THERE. SO MANY FEEL COMPELLED
TO CARE FOR IT AS THEIR OWN
IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND SPACES
WHERE YOU CAN TRULY. JUST KIND
OF EXHALE AND BE YOURSELF
COMPLETELY.
FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS
ORGANIZERS SAY THEY'VE HAD A
HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT WITH THE
CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND A NEARBY
NEIGHBOR, BOTH OWN A PIECE OF
THE PARCEL AND ALLOW THEM TO
USE THE LAND LAST WEEK THEY
OFFICIALLY BOUGHT THE CITY'S
PORTION AND HELP TO WORK OUT
AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE
REFS BUT THERE'S SOME WORRY.
THAT I LEFT THEM HERE AND I
KNOW WHAT HOW THIS PLACE MEANS
TO OUR COMMUNITY CHURCH AND
COMMUNITY AND THEN ON THE I
WOULD BE DEVASTATED THEY WOULD
BE DEVASTATED, I WOULD HATE TO
SEE THIS SPOT TAKEN AWAY. THAT
DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T COME
BACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE
DO. I WORK A LOT OF THIS BUT
WE DID A LOT PLANTED IN IT AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
WE CREATE THAT'S THAT'S OUR
WHOLE THING SO THAT'S WHAT WE
DO AS CANDY AND THAT'S NEVER
GOING TO GO.
THE GROUP HOPES TO FIGURE
OUT THE FEET OF THE PROPERTY
AFTER THEY MEET WITH THE
LANDOWNER NEXT WEEK AND THEY
HOPE THEY CAN REACH AN
AGREEMENT IN THE GROVE
