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>> ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AGO
THE MAYOR AND I WERE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT'S
NEXT FOR THE CITY AND ONE
OF THE THINGS WE BOTH
RECOGNIZED WAS MISSING WAS
OUTDOOR SCUPTURE.
SO HE SAID IF YOU HELP ME PUT
TOGETHER A SCULPTURE
PROGRAM I'LL HELP YOU
RAISE THE PRIVATE DOLLARS
WE NEED TO ACHIEVE IT.
WE WENT OUT AND WE RAISED
1.5 MILLION IN PRIVATE MONEY
AND GOT 8 SPONSORS.
DID AN INTERNATIONAL CALL TO
ARTISTS HAD A 187 RESPONSES
FROM 36 STATES
AND 16 COUNTRIES.
>>SITTING DOWNTOWN A WHOLE LOT.
SITTING DOWNTOWN A LOT.
LIKE I SAID IT'S
TOO LONG TO BE COMING.
SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS A
LONG TIME AGO.
>>PUBLIC ART IS CRITICAL FOR ANY
HEALTHY DOWNTOWN.
I MEAN NOT ONLY IS IT BEAUTIFUL
BUT IT GIVES PEOPLE A
REASON TO COME DOWNTOWN.
IT CREATES CONVERSATION.
IT CREATES ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE
WILL COME DOWNTOWN DO THE
WALKING TOUR, WHICH IS
ABOUT TWO MILES.
WE HAVE ART FOR EVERYBODY.
ALL 8 SCULPTURES ARE COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT IT YOU SEE
THEM HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE
IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING
AND I THINK THAT ALL
THE SCULPTURES
ARE BEAUTIFUL AND SOMEONE
WILL FIND SOMETHING THAT
THEY LIKE DOWNTOWN IN ORLANDO.
>>I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT
AND I THINK THE
PEOPLE OF ORLANDO SHOULD
LOVE IT TOO. IT GIVES ORLANDO A
LITTLE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>>TAKE FLIGHT IS
ACROSS THE LAKE AND THE
SCULPTERS NAME IS DOW BLOOMERG
AND IT'S ONE OF THE ONES
THAT WE PROBABLY
RECEIVE THE MOST
COMPLIMENTS ON AND
HIS CONCEPT WHEN HE CAME TO
ORLANDO, HE LOOKED AT THE
LAKE AND HE THOUGHT WHAT
WOULD FIT THIS LOCATION
AND WHAT HE DEVELOPED WAS
TO REPRESENT THAT YOUR
SPIRIT COULD SOAR TO BE HAPPY.
WELL YOU KNOW WE
WANT ORLANDO TO BE THE
PREMIERE WORLD CLASS CITY
AND WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING