Apr 9, 2021
T-R PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM — Riverside Cemetery General Manager Dorie Tammen reads the rejection letter received from FEMA. Initially, the cemetery was approved for funds to help pay for derecho damage, but the federal agency then switched.
The historic Riverside Cemetery is having a hard time catching a break. They did get approved for a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Marshall County, but then got denied for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding.
The denial came as a surprise to Riverside General Manager Dorie Tammen, especially when they were approved in December.
“The next thing I knew, we got a letter saying we were denied,” she said. “I was crushed. And it was because non-profit cemeteries are specifically excluded from the list of non-profit organizations that can receive funding. Why? I have no idea.”
lbradstream@timesrepublican.com
T-R PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM — Riverside Cemetery General Manager Dorie Tammen reads the rejection letter received from FEMA. Initially, the cemetery was approved for funds to help pay for derecho damage, but the federal agency then switched.
The historic Riverside Cemetery is having a hard time catching a break. They did get approved for a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Marshall County, but then got denied for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding.
The denial came as a surprise to Riverside General Manager Dorie Tammen, especially when they were approved in December.
“The next thing I knew, we got a letter saying we were denied,” she said. “I was crushed. And it was because non-profit cemeteries are specifically excluded from the list of non-profit organizations that can receive funding. Why? I have no idea.”