The young woman who is in the remains of the old tree at Eighth and New Hampshire streets might be climbing down as early as Monday.

One of the property owners confirmed Thursday afternoon he would agree in writing to leave what’s left of the tree at least until July 4.

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That would give those who want to keep the tree from being destroyed time to come up with a feasible plan to turn that section of the property into a park area.

“I just don’t want anybody to get hurt over there. That’s what I’m worried about,” Bo Harris, one of the property owners, said.

Several supporters of the woman who goes by the name Sihka, have been at the site with her since she climbed the tree Tuesday night. Several of them met Thursday afternoon with Harris and reached the tentative agreement.

One of the demonstrators, the Rev. Joy Harris said the owners planned to try to have a legal document prepared by Monday.

When they had that legal document, Sihka planned to climb down and they would all leave the property.

Joy Harris said she would be approaching local nurseries and area artists to discuss how a park could be landscaped with plants and sculpture.

“A beautiful thing was destroyed in the name of progress,” Joy Harris said. “And it would be nice to see something of beauty to be created out of that. We could at least preserve an area to represent the sacredness of something very old that was destroyed. . . . There is still a lot of life in the stump and it will continue to sprout life.”

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