CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Jake Van Yahres grew up playing in what is now Market Street Park in Charlottesville’s downtown. So, as city officials pondered what to do with the space in the park where the controversial R.E. Lee Statue once stood, Van Yahres decided to visit the location himself.
What he found was a patch of dirt. What he saw was a canvas.
“I wanted to put my own stamp on this,” Van Yahres told Cville Right Now…