The City of Kirkwood commissioned Planning Design Studio to help develop a plan to memorialize the deaths of 6 public servants as a result of the horrific events at City Hall on February 7, 2008. The design concept vision by the Memorial Committee incorporates a memorial walkway with other public spaces around the City Hall property. The other public spaces included an existing veteran’s memorial, a park dedicated to a police sergeant killed in the line of duty, and a small non working fountain in a highly visible location along South Kirkwood Road. The Plan developed by Planning Design Studio provides a passive meandering walkway along the City Hall site with seating areas along the walk. Each seating area will contain a bench, planted area, indirect lighting and granite memorial marker containing the name of one public servant. Six seating areas will be located along the walkway.

Working closely with the Committee of Kirkwood citizens, Planning Design Studio developed the master plan which brought together the various elements into one unifying design. The design included a walkway linking the existing features of the park and veterans memorial to a newly design pedestrian plaza, which includes a seat wall with a series of planters, and a central fountain feature.