Dixon Park District to Consider Involvement in Reagan Statue

DIXON, Ill. (AP) – A committee is seeking a new public partner to help it bring a statue of former President Ronald Reagan as a young lifeguard to northern Illinois.
The Dixon Park District will consider whether to approve a proposal from the Ronald Reagan Lifeguard Statue Committee to display the 10-foot bronze statue in Lowell Park. If the board of directors gives its approval, the park district would become financially involved in the statue’s creation.

Committee members asked the park board Wednesday to become a partner after the Dixon City Council cut the city’s financial involvement in the project.

Sauk Valley Media reports that the statue was estimated to cost more than $120,000 when the committee formed in 2013 under Dixon Tourism.

The park board could consider the partnership at its Aug. 12 meeting.

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