Our site plan has been approved! One step closer. Clearing debris. More progress clearing debris. Eagle Scout Micah Wills has installed first two benches in the park. Spreading grass seed on site. Spreading compost for grass seed. More composting. Green grass is coming in well. Composting makes for green grass! Hauling away some debris. Composting makes for green grass! The site is progressing. We can't wait to finish clearing and seeding. We're looking forward to raising the flag with the full statue. We've got a lot of fundraising to do! There's some site cleanup and stump removal to be done. Cleaning up the leaves to put down some grass. Debris gathered to haul off. Here's a preview of the site featuring our makett. Another angle of the makett. We're excited to see the finished product. Building the form for the concrete base. Building the form for the concrete base. Building the form for the concrete base. The form is ready for concrete. The form is ready for concrete. It took two concrete mixers to fill the form. Concrete pouring in July. Concrete base is almost ready to cure. Concrete base. Concrete base. The statue is cast. The statue is cast. The statue is cast. The statue is cast. Starting the construction entrance. Construction entrance almost done. Construction entrance complete. Silt fence going in. Trails flagged. Trails were moved to conserve larger trees. 1.25 mile ADA compliant asphalted trails complete. Winter time cheer. Cleaning out the drainage area. Cleaning out dug-up stumps. Graded the slopes and planting grasses. Planting more grass for erosion control. Installing conservancy signs. A few more trees to move to clear the statute. All clear now. Henderson Construction moving in to cut the trails. A great day to begin cutting in trails. Bringing in the base materials. Grading to ensure ADA Compliance. Henderson Construction has trails 90% cut in within 3 days. Branscome donated and hauled 300 tons of base material. Veteran John Karafa takes pictures of the construction. Almost a mile of trails ready for asphalt. Last intersectino to the statue foundation. Erosion control EC-1 blanket with straw and seed. Mulch blown in to cover the EC-1 blanket. Lower end of the trails ready for asphalt. Peninsula Paving putting a final top coat of trail asphalt down. New asphalt on the ADA compliant trail. Another section of fresh asphalt through the woods. Asphalt on the intersection on the trail. Completed asphalt starting from the top of the hill. Star Granite uses an 11-foot diameter diamond tipped saw to make each pass of 5-foot cuts for our eight statue base panels. Many thanks to Star Granite and Bronze for their expertise and the tour of the processing plant! Our statue is bubble-wrapped for protection while awaiting shipment from Star Granite and Bronzing to Williamsburg.