This Memorial differs from a typical public art installation by the sensitivity of its purpose, and submitting artists are asked to be a part of our collective healing process by extending compassion and empathy along with their creative designs. The Memorial will be built by the Parkland 17 Memorial Foundation, a single purpose non-profit organization that exists solely to construct and maintain this Memorial. The Foundation may wish to utilize design elements from multiple artists and may therefore pursue agreements with more than one artist to collaboratively integrate the desired elements into a single design that best achieves its vision for this project. Though non-traditional, the Foundation hopes that submitting artists will understand our desire for dialogue and flexibility.