Heather Bettner, Village Council member and the brains behind the Coconut Grove Peacock Tour coming in April, asked the Village Council to sponsor a peacock to the tune of $4400.00.
This is the cost of the fiberglass bird, the fee for the artist who will decorate the bird, the insurance, transportation, permitting, etc.
Right now, the Village Council only has about $13,000 in their budget and putting up a third for the peacocks was not advisable by most of the council. So now a sponsor is being looked for. A corporate sponsor who will buy the peacock and then get their money back when it is raffled off by the Village Council at the end of the Peacock Tour, which will be six months.
Currently, about 20 peacocks are sponsored. There is to be a reception in honor of the artists in March, details to come.
If anyone is interested in helping out the Village Council in sponsoring a peacock, please contact Heather or someone on the Village Council. You can email me and I'll pass the word along to them if you don't know how to reach them.
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