This leafy oak tree growing on a triangle plot Downtown at Broad Street, Adams Street and Brook Road is the subject of a petition drive by people who don’t want it to be cut down for the monument honoring renowned Richmond businesswoman Maggie L. Walker.
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Mayor saves tree at planned Walker monument site
Yes, Richmond, that iconic Downtown tree is going to survive. That’s the word from Mayor Dwight C. Jones. He disclosed Wednesday that he is committed to saving the green-leafed live oak tree that dominates the triangular site earmarked for a proposed statue of renowned Richmonder Maggie L. Walker, the first African-American woman in the nation to establish and operate a bank.
