{"id":945,"date":"2011-07-29T01:19:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T01:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleislandcivic.com\/?p=945"},"modified":"2011-07-29T01:19:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T01:19:40","slug":"larger-facility-rising-from-the-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Larger Facility Rising From The Ashes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"headbar\">\n<div>\n<h1>Middle Island pet cemetery to undergo $5 million expansion project<\/h1>\n<p><strong>From <em>The North Shore Sun<\/em><\/strong> By <a title=\"Posts by Samantha Brix\" rel=\"author\" href=\"http:\/\/northshoresun.timesreview.com\/author\/sbrix\/\">Samantha Brix<\/a> | July 27, 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14867\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.timesreview.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/northshoresun\/files\/IMG_0054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG_0054\" src=\"http:\/\/media.timesreview.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/northshoresun\/files\/IMG_0054.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a>SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO | Regency Forest Pet Memorial Park owner Leonard Tarzia spreads out the designs for the new facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Regency Forest Pet Memorial Park in Middle Island is about to  undergo a massive $5 million expansion plan that owner Leonard Tarzia  said will make it \u201cthe most upscale pet funeral home anywhere in the  country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The expansion project began after an oven fire destroyed the  crematorium on the premises, burning more than two dozen deceased dogs  and cats awaiting cremation.<\/p>\n<p>The new plans, half of which Mr. Tarzia said will be paid for through  insurance funds obtained after the fire, will see the funeral home and  crematorium on the property expanded to bigger and better than ever  before.<\/p>\n<p>The main building on the site will now be a total of 11,000 square  feet, consisting of two funeral homes and four viewing chapels. The  current facility has just one funeral home and no viewing chapels.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-acre property will now include fountains and a porte coch\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>All the equipment, including a large multi-chamber oven, will be  custom made for Regency Forest. While the previous crematorium could  only accommodate up to 1,500 pounds per day, the new larger oven will be  able to handle 5,000 pounds per day.<\/p>\n<p>Pet funerals are becoming increasingly common, Mr. Tarzia said. He  services up to 200 to 300 customers per month, numbers that continually  grow. And customers come from the Hamptons, New York City and as far  away as New Jersey and Connecticut. Any given funeral can have up to 30  guests, some of whom rent limos and bring flowers.<\/p>\n<p>He said people often return to the cemetery to visit their pets and place stones on graves or lay flowers on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople that bury here have a place to come and visit their animals,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful park setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:samantha@northshoresun.com\" target=\"_blank\">samantha@northshoresun.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle Island pet cemetery to undergo $5 million expansion project From The North Shore Sun By Samantha Brix | July 27, 2011 SAMANTHA BRIX PHOTO | Regency Forest Pet Memorial Park owner Leonard Tarzia spreads out the designs for the new facility. The Regency Forest Pet Memorial Park in Middle Island is about to undergo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/s453969799.onlinehome.us\/mica\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}