Middle Passage Port Marker

Project designer explained the memorial is in the schematic phase and design will keep evolving based on site conditions and council input.

Project team member who celebrated the design's progress and announced a capital campaign launching by September.

Presented the memorial design process, site approval history, and a maintenance fund commitment, introducing architect Julian Bonder.

The memorial's architect (also designer of the Nantes, France slavery-abolition memorial) walked the council through the wooden 'vessel' design, its dimensions, and its purpose as an instrument for memory.