@AGMarkHerring wespent months evaluating options 4 Monument Ave w Commission, inclusive process,reached consensus. Jeff Davis goes, add historical markers telling context, &ADD statue of the 14 Africanamerican union soldiers who won battle outside #RVA, each got Medal of honor./1
Monument Avenue is a Registered National Historic Landmark so certain requirements under that as well as local supervisory committees responsible for their oversight must be considered. @GovernorVA is supposed to defend this Commonwealth, which he has declined to do. 2/
3/ Tredegar/ACWMuseum has no room. Christy Coleman was on the Commission. Best offer seems to be from Crew. @GovernorVA should put money in the budget to transfer them. They will be next to a battlefield park. That's best place. Baltimore,NOLA asked ACWM to take theirs, no room.
4/Here's Monument Avenue Commission link. monumentavenuecommission.org
This will cost #RVA btwn $2 -$10 million annually (per studies done)as real estate values & tax revenues drop commensurately so City won't have money to do this. @AGMarkHerring So @GovernoVA should provide this.
This will cost #RVA btwn $2 -$10 million annually (per studies done)as real estate values & tax revenues drop commensurately so City won't have money to do this. @AGMarkHerring So @GovernoVA should provide this.
5/ Go with Crew is my judgement. They stay in Virginia, as Lee, Jackson & Stuart were all Virginians & will be an economic boost for a rural area. It will be necessary to negotiate w National Historic Landmark Registry & local oversight groups. Monument Ave will lose that status.
6/ #RVA loses economically & Monumnet Ave loses its status on Natl Historic Landmarks Registry, costing City tourism & lost real estate tax revenue. Hard to imagine how much more damage @LevarStoney can do to #RVA. He wants this bcz he's losing badly in every poll 4 Mayor.
7/ Damage to @vademocrats will be major, but not as bad a @GovernorVA 's failure to protect Virginians lives and property. All support the cause 4 protests, but lawlessness, riots & looting are a bad stain that @VA_GOP will no doubt make effective use of. @VaHouse @VASenate
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Monument Avenue is a registered National Historic Landmark, covered under the National Historic Site Protection Act, over which no governer has actual authority. #RVA #rvacouncil
