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By Brian Day, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PASADENA >> Pasadena’s Armenian Genocide Memorial took a major step on the road from concept to reality Sunday when officials gathered for a ground-breaking ceremony at the construction site at Memorial Park. Designer and recent Art Center College of Design graduate Catherine Menard, Pasadena Armenian Genocide Committee board members, city officials, and representatives from area Armenian churches and schools took part in the ceremony. “It’s been such a journey,” Menard said, adding that she was excited to see her design beginning to take shape. Menard unveiled her design in April 2013 after it was selected by the memorial committee over 16 other entries. Menard, who was a student at Art Center College of Design at the time, has since graduated with a degree in Environment Design.