Western Heights Cemetery Association exists to protect the physical integrity of the cemetery; preserve and restore grave markers and relics; conduct, facilitate and share historical research; and model the modern use of cemeteries as parks and public space to build and benefit communities.
The Association maintains the grounds with a focus on sustainability and creating a pleasing experience for visitors. Low-water, low-maintenance native plants create bird and pollinator habitat, connect migratory pathways, and serve as an educational resource to advance public knowledge and appreciation of ecological issues. We protect and add trees to help mitigate the urban heat island effect.
We offer and host art installations and performing arts that are respectful, meaningful, and use sustainable practices.
The Directors seek to use an active, long-range governance style of intensive self-management and self-assessment to ensure the health, longevity, and dynamism of the Association continues into the next century so it may continue to protect and nurture the cemetery.
Stakeholders
The following are stakeholders with regards to our management of Western Heights Cemetery:
- Permanent Residents, known and unknown
- Descendants and other family members
- Constellation of Living Memorials
- Sponsors
- Donors
- Volunteers
- Visitors
- Researchers
- Immediately adjacent neighbors
- Surrounding neighborhood
The neighborhoods of West Dallas and Oak Cliff
- Employees & contractors
- Governmental & regulatory authorities
- Future stewards
- Future researchers
- Trees, wildlife, soil, groundwater