This is what Kanawha Plaza now looks like as it awaits $2.6 million in taxpayer-paid improvements to begin. All of the old concrete elements and benches have been cleared away.
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Private money dries up for Kanawha Plaza project
Last July, Richmond City Council gave Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration the green light to overhaul 35-year-old Kanawha Plaza, the three-acre park that sits across from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The council acted after being assured that virtually all of the $6 million cost would come from gifts from big corporations and law firms located near the park.
