Black-owned Virginia company chosen to revitalize site where Robert E. Lee statue once stood in Richmond
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The site where a Robert E. Lee statue once stood in Richmond, Virginia, is being revitalized by a Black-owned company called YME Landscape.
Gary’s YME Landscape, a Black-owned Richmond company, has been chosen to revitalize the circle on Monument and North Allen avenues where the Robert E. Lee statue once stood. His company’s involvement in the project marks another symbol in the lessening of the city’s Confederate presence with a Black crew working to reimagine the space once inhabited by the general.
The controversial bronze statue was taken down in 2021, after activists called for its removal in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The empty pedestal was leveled in February 2022. The statue was transferred to the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia.