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Evergreen Cemetery Ribbon Cutting

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Published: November 03, 2022
Tom Ralston at Evergreen Cemetery Ribbon Cutting

Tom Ralston spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, October 28, 2022.  He spoke about how inpsiring the Evergreen Cemetery’s Renaissance has been, and how that inspiration was contagious.  It inspired Tom, his concrete company and employees, and all who contributed to the project. 

Evergreen Cemetery is one of the oldest public cemeteries in California, and it is the final home to many of Santa Cruz County's early pioneers, leaders, and makers of history. The Cemetery is owned and managed by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) with the leadership of a group of energized volunteers.

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New Evergreen Cemetery Pathway in Santa Cruz

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Published: October 11, 2022

Funded by California Natural Resources Agency, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County and local donors, this convenient, inclusive walkway is one of several additions and restorations to the beloved and bucolic area since 2015.

Experience the inspiring commitment to Evergreen, which features this and other significant projects, as part of the 2022 Santa Cruz Film Festival. The Restoration of Evergreen Cemetery directed by author Dr. Traci Bliss and produced by Andrew O’Keefe / Amotion, captures the spirit of community and volunteerism at its best. A focus of the short film is the Chinese Gate made possible by the philanthropy and vision of George Ow Jr., the expertise of historians Sandy Lydon and Geoffrey Dunn, and the artistry of Tom Ralston of Tom Ralston Concrete who also created the new ADA pathway.

(Photo by Crystal Birns)

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Rising to the Logistical Challenge of this Glacier-Inspired Design in Alaska

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Published: October 04, 2022

Tom Ralston Concrete poured a Plaza slab at the new green/blue glass Glacier building at 601 5th Avenue in Anchorage Alaska on Sept 7th.  

The building is getting a new look (and a new floor-plan) loosely inspired by Alaska’s glaciers.  Tom Ralston Concerete was asked to pour a specialty slab with dark grey concrete, sand wash finish, and 16-grit black Sparkle Grain to match the glacier-inspired design.

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Traffic Flows with Concrete Dolphin Design at Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf

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Published: July 18, 2022

How often is roadway design still making waves (and headlines!) six years later? The Tom Ralston Concrete Dolphin Design at the Santa Cruz Municpal Wharf is both beautiful and functional in helping traffic flow.

Be sure to get all the details from this recent front page story at in the Santa Cruz Sentinel  - https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/07/14/photo-traffic-follows-the-dolphins/

Also archived here - https://archive.ph/lVVfs

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Restoration of Evergreen Cemetery

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Published: July 14, 2022

Tom Ralston Concrete designed and built the Concrete China Town Monument  in 2015.  The Monument honors their makeshift burial ground built far in the back of the Evergreen Cemetery as the Chinese were resented by much of the local populace.

Evergreen Cemetery is one of the oldest public cemeteries in California, and it is the final home to many of Santa Cruz County's early pioneers, leaders, and makers of history. The Cemetery is owned and managed by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) with the leadership of a group of energized volunteers.

 

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Pads help to create safer steps: The Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Published: May 06, 2022

Pads help to create safer stepsTom Ralston, at bottom right in black jacket, and his crew pour new stepping pads this week for visitors to access the rocks and water below Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz. The new concrete steps create a safer pathway, and according to Ralston, replaces a path that was “very dangerous and slippery with moss, and the angle of the rocks was not conducive to a safe pathway especially for small children and elderly surfers.” Ralston’s crew chipped down the granite rock, which was imported from the foothills of the Sierra and poured flat areas in between the jagged rocks to provide an easy traverse. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)

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  1. Inside Santa Cruz Chinatown Bridge Dragon Gate Monument 2021
  2. Photo | A stairway to repair: The Santa Cruz Sentinel
  3. Chinatown Arch Honored in St. Louis
  4. Chinatown Bridge Brightens the Riverwalk: Coastal Watershed Council 2020
  5. Dragon archway honors former Santa Cruz Chinatown: The Pajaronian 2020

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