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Mayor Stoney starts farewell tour with Shockoe Project

On Monday, December 2, 2024, Mayor Levar Stoney launched a month-long "Faring Well" tour to mark what he considers to be achievements or markers of his tenure as Richmond city mayor. A ceremony was held at 4 pm at Ancarrow's Landing, the site of the docks at Manchester and the start or Trailhead of the Richmond Slave Trail (Trail of Enslaved Africans). Included were announcements about the new Trailhead memorial designed by Baskervill and the first sculpture commissioned by the city's Public Art  WTVR News Channel 8 covered this event: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/shockoe-project-celebration-dec-2-2024 NOTE: The Sacred Ground Project was invited to participate, but a CSX train blocked access. 

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