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This construction style helps cemeteries and additional crypt spaces in indoor locations such as chapels, large hallways, or utility rooms.
What is a modular crypt system?
This type of tribute wall in a cemetery allows families to honor loved ones whose remains are buried elsewhere or whose ashes have been scattered, providing a permanent space for remembrance.
What are memorial walls?
This venue within a cemetery is designed for gatherings to honor and celebrate the lives of loved ones, featuring personalized displays, seating, and speaking area.
What is a celebration of life center?
This nationally-based form of regulation has had a far-reaching (or profound) effect on cemetery development costs and land use efficiency.
What are stormwater management laws.
Cemeteries now use this combination of 3D rendering and drone footage to provide realistic previews, virtual tours, and marketing content for websites and social media.
What is 3D visualization and drone assistance?
This technology creates an immersive virtual walk through that can guide families step-by-step through your grounds to locate their loved one's burial location.
What is augmented reality?
This type of cemetery development can address a growing need and provide a yield of cemetery space that is typically 5 to 6 times that of traditional sections.
What is a cremation garden?
These digital tools are often placed on headstones and niches in cemeteries, allowing visitors to scan them with a smartphone to access multimedia stories, photos, and tributes related to the life of the deceased.
What are QR codes on memorials?
This person who oversaw the transformation of Green-Wood Cemetery into a public destination, retired in July 2025 after nearly 40 years as president.
Who is Richard J. Moylan?
This style of cemetery section combines cremation and traditional burial options in one integrated design, offering flexibility and efficiency for meeting market needs in a single or linked development.
What is a hybrid style burial section?
This headstone or urn adornment can provide cemetery visitors quick access to a memorial page, cemetery information, or historical details.
What is a QR code?
This peacefully designed area within a cemetery is designated for the scattering of cremated remains, often featuring a dedicated space for placing memorial plaques or markers to honor the deceased.
What are scattering gardens?
This type of communal burial space in a cemetery allows multiple sets of remains to be placed together, often in a decorative structure, serving as a cost effective and space-saving alternative to traditional burial plots, sometimes in conjunction with cremation niches.
What is an ossuary (Ossuarium)?
Establishes procedures for the discovery of human remains and funerary objects in unmarked graves, designating a Native American Burial Site Review Committee to oversee the protection of unmarked Native American burial sites. This law mandates a process to be followed upon the discovery of such sites, prioritizing their protection and ensuring responsible handling of remains and associated artifacts.
What is the New York State Unmarked Burial Site Protection Act of 2023?
As demand for sustainable options grows, cemeteries are increasingly incorporating natural interment spaces that blend seamlessly with the environment. These efforts not only reflect a commitment to ecological values but also help position your cemetery as a thoughtful forward-looking member of the community.
What are green burial sections or green cemeteries?
This new innovation in technology can help to automate scheduling, track inventory, and follow up with families.
What is AI-assisted cemetery management software?
This exclusive structure is designed to hold cremation urns for a single family, allowing for a private and personalized space for remembrance and provides cemeteries with an enhanced revenue opportunity.
What is a private family columbarium?
This practice, with prior approval, can extend the "sales life" of a cemetery when all lots and existing burial areas have been used.
What is strategic road removal planning?
This air filled pillow is placed inside of a Westminster crypt to help safely lower the casket into the crypt space.
What is the Westminster inflatable lowering device?
This type of memorial combines cremated remains with a biodegradable urn, allowing a tree to grow as a living tribute to the deceased.
What are tree pod burials?
This part of cemetery master planning can enhance future expansions, avoid soil relocation expense and improve a cemetery's appearance.
What is a master grading plan with grave "spoil" accommodation?