Gordon Huether is honored to be among six finalists chosen from a national design competition by the Parkland 17 Memorial Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Florida not-for-profit corporation. The group will award the commission to one artist to design the official public Memorial to honor the 17 victims who were taken from their families and the community too soon in the February 14, 2018 Parkland school massacre.

The memorial will be located within a quiet, serene 150-acre preserve that borders Coral Springs and Parkland to unite the two affected communities. The Parkland 17 Memorial will be open to the public to provide a place to remember and reflect on those who were taken from their families and our community.

“This memorial ensures that the innocent children, husbands, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, and colleagues taken from this world too soon are remembered forever,” said Foundation Chair Michael Moser, First Responder Representative. “We are asking for the public’s help in the next stages of designing and building this memorial. Donations are being accepted on our website to ensure the project’s success. We know this memorial will inspire the nation and this community and ensure we never forget those who perished so tragically and needlessly.”

The victims’ families are steadfast in their desire to have a public Memorial built to honor their loved ones taken too soon: Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Chris Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup and Peter Wang.

Corporations, businesses, foundations and the public can make tax exempt donations to the Memorial at https://parkland17.org/donate/