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EAST LAWN GARDENS - RESTORATION BY GARDEN CLUB

The President reported on the current stage of the negotiations with the Garden Club of
Virginia for their participation in the restoration of the East Lawn Gardens. He stated that
restoring the Gardens according to the original Maverick Plan would make it necessary to relocate
the road now running through the middle of the Gardens. He was pleased to be able to report
that Governor Almond, in a letter from the Director of the Budget dated 1 December 1959, had
approved the expenditure of the necessary amount of money to relocate the road. The sum required,
the President explained, would come from the Governor's funds and would not be taken from the
capital outlay funds of the University. He concluded his report by stating that the project
could now be presented for approval to the appropriate authorities and work could then get underway
on the restoration which would result in an expenditure of approximately $125,000 by the
Garden Club of Virginia.