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Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce dedicates The Grove at McIntire Park

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Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce dedicates The Grove at McIntire Park

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – On a beautiful Thursday morning in the western end of McIntire Park… the dedication of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “The Grove at McIntire Park”. Chamber interim president Andrea Copeland, along with Grove Committee Chair Peggy Van Yahres and Mayor JuanDiego Wade, all spoke at a stone terrace and monument inscribed with names of recipients of the chamber’s annual business leadership award.

Chamber award recipients
Chamber award recipients and family representatives of those departed since 1975

In fact, Mayor Wade’s name is one of those inscribed as a recipient of the 2019 award as he was among other recipients — and family members of those who’ve departed since the award started in 1975.

Grove early inscribed names
Inscribed names of earlier recipients of the chamber leadership award

Copeland says The Grove — a brainchild of Van Yahres — invites rest and reflection beneath the canopy of 150-year old oak trees in a quiet area of McIntire Park East.

Later chamber award recipients inscription
Inscribed names of more recent chamber award recipients

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