SR 23 — Commending the Maggie L. Walker Statue and Plaza.

SESSION SENATEENROLLED SUBSTITUTE 22107404D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

23 AMENDMENTE IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed bon March 4, 2022)ittee on Rules (Patron Prior to Substitute––Senator Morrissey) Commending the Richmond Public Art Commission.

N R Agreed to by the Senate, March 9, 2022 WHEREAS, the Richmond Public Art Commission, in coordination with dedicated citizens, enabled O the construction and completion of the Maggie L.

Walker Statue and Plaza in 2017 after a decades-long L campaign to honor the life and legacy of Maggie L.

the site serves as a unique monument to theL advancementstheWHEREAS, andMaggie achievementsWalker oftouched womencountless andlives membersthrough ofher theroles Blackas communityan entrepreneur, educator, E and trailblazing leader in Richmond;banking;

and WHEREAS, Maggie Walker touched countless lives through her roles as an entrepreneur, educator, woman in the Unitedfounder States to charter and serve as president of aSt. bank;

andsLuke Penny Savings Bank, she became the first WHEREAS,woman Maggiein Walker also served on the boardsUnited ofStates manyto communitycharter organizations,and suchserve as S the National Association of Colored Women and the Virginia Industrial School for Girls, was the vice president of the Richmond branch of the NAACP, and established a localbank; newspaper, the St.

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and honoring her life and legacy;

and AS WHEREAS, thanks in large part to the determined advocacy of the Richmond Public Art Statue2 andCommission, Plazathe inRichmond 2016;Planning Commission approved the construction of the Maggie L.

andningWalker CommissionE approvedStaWHEREAS, the construction10-foot bronze statue of Maggie Walker was designed by Maryland-based artist R Antonio Tobias Mendez and features low-relief panels depicting Maggie Walker's myriad contributions to the community, while the surrounding plaza was completed by the engineering firm VHB of Boston andWHEREAS, the Maggie L.

Walker T WHEREAS, the 10-foot bronze statue of Maggie Walker was designed by Maryland-based artist E Antonio Tobias Mendez and features low-relief panels depicting Maggie Walker's myriad contributions to the community, while the surrounding plaza was completed by the engineering firm VHB of Boston andWHEREAS, the Maggie L.

now, therefore, be it U commended for its role in the creation of the Maggie L.

and, be it S RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 35 presentation to the Richmond Public Art Commission as an expression of the Senate of Virginia'sT 36 appreciation for the importance of the Maggie L.

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