Irving-Las Colinas Chamber Of Commerce : Irving Slave Cemetery To Get Access Sidewalk

Press release from Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce:

21 February 2022

During this Black History Month, people who care for an isolated Irving cemetery for former slaves are rejoicing over a small path that other places take for granted.

Shelton’s Bear Creek Cemetery will finally have a sidewalk on which to access the place.

It is a result of teamwork between cemetery supporters, the City of Irving, University of Texas at Arlington landscape architecture students and neighboring property owners granting public easements.

University of Texas at Arlington Landscape Architecture students adopted the cemetery last year. They created a website on Bear Creek area history, with a vision of what a future path to the historic cemetery might look like.

The City of Irving is helping to make the path a reality.

Presented by Irving Weekly.

This press release was produced by Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.