Station Park to Honor Utah’s Fallen Heroes With a Drive-By Memorial Day Display, May 23-25
Station Park to Honor Utah’s Fallen Heroes With a Drive-By Memorial Day Display, May 23-25
Fifty American Flags and 281 yard signs will honor Utah military service members who lost their lives while serving, since Sept. 11, 2001
FARMINGTON, Utah, May 18, 2020 — Station Park, Utah’s preeminent mixed-use lifestyle center in Farmington, Utah, and local non-profit Operation Hero, will present a stunning, drive-through Memorial Day display May 23-25, with more than 50 American flags and 281 yard signs that will honor Utah service members who have passed away while in service, since September 11, 2001. The signs, bearing a hero’s name, rank, military branch, angel date and a picture, will be displayed along with the flags throughout Station Park so families can drive or walk by together and honor them.
Operation Hero, a charity that serves military families who have lost a service member on duty, was founded by Antionette Stapley in honor of her late husband—US Army First Sergeant Tracy Stapley, who lost his life on July 3, 2013 during his deployment in Qatar. The organization’s mission is to continue Sergeant Stapley's legacy of giving back, by honoring Utah’s fallen soldiers and providing education to help prepare current service members and spouses “for the unexpected” loss.
For the past three years, Station Park had provided a venue for Operation Hero’s, Utah’s Service Members Honor and Remember Boot Display, to remind the public of the sacrifices military personnel and their families make for our country every day. But due to the COVI-19 pandemic this public gathering was canceled for 2020.
“We were sad that we couldn’t honor our fallen heroes with the boot display again this year,” said Stapley. “But we’ve found another beautiful way throughout the property to help the community remember and celebrate those brave men, women and families who have sacrificed for our freedom.”
David Anderson, Station Park general manager, said, “We’re honored to once again work with Operation Hero to provide an opportunity for families to remember the real meaning of Memorial Day. We hope that the public will take the time out of their Memorial Day weekend to visit Station Park and see the signs and flags that honor many of the Utahns who have made the ultimate sacrifice.”
“Military families hope they never get a ‘knock on the door” telling of the loss of a loved one,” added Stapley. “But if they do, they need to be better prepared than I was.” Even though her husband, Tracy, had been in the military for 26 years and had filed all the paperwork needed for his family to receive casualty assistance, she had no idea where it was when he died. That is why Stapley, on behalf of Operation Hero, speaks to groups of enlisted men and women and their spouses about what they need to do to “prepare for the unexpected.”
To learn more about Operation Hero and how to donate, visit https://www.facebook.com/OperationHeroTracy/ and www.operationheroes.org.
For information about Station Park, visit www.shopatstationpark.com and learn about its parent company, CenterCal Properties, LLC, at www.Centercal.com.
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About Station Park
Station Park is the preeminent mixed-use lifestyle center in the Salt Lake region. The 62-acre property sits adjacent to the UTA commuter rail station, Interstate 15, Highway 89, and the Legacy Highway. Farmington is located in Davis County, 15 miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah.
A 108 room Hyatt Place opened summer of 2016; with an additional 35,000 square feet of retail space. In addition, Station Park is also home to a new state of the art University of Utah Medical Campus, with adjacent eateries and quick serve food options. Upon completion, the property will comprise over 1.2M square feet of Class A office, restaurant, retail, service providers, along with a cutting-edge-14 screen theatre. Station Park's Fountain Square boasts unmatched amenities including a beautiful event lawn, outdoor fireplace, shaded patios, bronze sculptures, woodland children's play area and an inspiring show fountain, equipped with contemporary music and LED lighting; similar to the Disney's World of Color show. Station Park is the iconic destination for lifestyle excellence in Utah. For information visit www.shopatstationpark.com.
About CenterCal Properties, LLC
CenterCal Properties, LLC, founded in 2004 by Fred Bruning and Jean Paul Wardy, is a full-service, commercial real estate company in the business of investing, developing, leasing, and managing its projects. CenterCal excels in, and is best known for, creating destinations throughout the western United States with a unique strategy of “placemaking,” which emphasizes the importance of developing spaces with a sense of community.
Bruning and Wardy’s creative vision and passion for development, coupled with CenterCal’s internal expertise, are evident in the properties the company owns and operates today. In the Pacific Northwest, those include: Bridgeport Village, Nyberg Woods and Nyberg Rivers in Oregon, and The Village at Totem Lake, Valley Mall The Terminal at Ballard and The Trails at Silverdale in Washington. The Intermountain Region properties include: Mountain View Village, Station Park and Canyon Corners in Utah and The Village at Meridian and Treasure Valley Marketplace in Idaho. California is home to: The Veranda, The Collection at Riverpark, 2nd& PCH and Plaza 183. Projects currently under development include Mercantile Village in Lake Oswego, Oregon and Mountain View Village Phase 2 in Riverton, Utah. For more information on all of CenterCal’s properties, please visit www.centercal.com.