RICHMOND, Va. -- Five months after Mayor Levar Stoney announced a funding commitment to establish a long-sought slavery commemorative site in Shockoe Bottom, the City of Richmond is taking steps to purchase land for the project that just a few years ago was being pitched for a baseball stadium. Administrators are proposing a public necessity declaration to allow the city to purchase 12 parcels totaling roughly 1.75 acres that would contribute to a planned Enslaved African Heritage Campus. Click here to continue reading on Richmond BizSense.
Richmond to purchase land for Shockoe slavery commemorative site
Jonathan Spiers
The properties near Main Street Station planned for a slavery commemorative site include the old Loving’s Produce building.
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