Sprawl threatens Missouri cemetery

Supporters of an old cemetery in Missouri that includes many slave remains is being threatened by expansion of the Kansas City airport.

Space crunch in Sydney, Australia

Government officials in Sydney think the city could run out of space to bury people by 2050 unless changes are made. The culprits? Rising land values and the squeeze of urban sprawl.

Georgia community planners OK natural cemetery

Here's a case where some folks got it right -- their focus is on land use, and their job was to OK a land use for a particular site, a natural cemetery.
Commissioner Jimmy Patton notes:

"Our job is to regulate land use - to decide if that particular piece of
property is appropriate for a cemetery. We are not a health department."

Atlanta probes cemetery in aftermath of tornado

In the wake of the March 14 tornado that plowed through Atlanta, archeologists and others are looking through the damaged ruins to see what secrets Oakland Cemetery might hold. Among the notables buried there are author Margaret Mitchell ("Gone With the Wind") and golfing legend Bobby Jones.
Notes Sara Sanders, a FEMA archeologist:

"There are 70,000 burials here. Not all of them are in coffins."

Philly landmark cemetery needs help

One of the local TV stations has a report on its Web site (and, presumably on air) about a famous cemetery from the early days of the "rural cemetery movement." Laurel Hill, in short, needs some TLC.

California town's grave situation

This is an old story, but worth posting here, just because of the sheer remarkability of it. This suburban San Francisco town is mostly a cemetery.

A "minor" intrusion on a cemetery

At first blush, it might be viewed as offensive that a minor league ballclub would erect a sign on a cemetery site, but given the growing cost to maintain them, maybe it's not such an affront.

Old news, but good news in Georgia

Officials in a Georgia town have now, via a zoning change, protected cemeteries from encroaching development.