Council Support for Statue to Continue

Hello everyone! Last night I attended the Salisbury City Council services meeting where our campaign was one of the items on the agenda for approval. It was wonderful to be joined by Sir Terry's management team including Rob Wilkins, as well as artist Paul Kidby, all of whom have been incredibly supportive and enthusiastic for the project, and are so genuinely interested in what we as fans have to say and have helped us gain the support of the Pratchett family and vital boosts to awareness of the project across the media. We were all set to fight for the statue, to speak about the fantastic responses from everyone across England and the World, the care Sir Terry had for the area, and the benefits the statue would create to the local community. But the Council only took a few minutes to vote almost unanimously to approve the project, and allow us to move on to the next stage. Fantastic! But what's next? For now we'll be working together to work out exactly what the project will cost, so that we can start a crowdfunding campaign and possibly look for sponsorship from local businesses. We will also need to have further discussions with the council about reaching an official final design and location, so that Paul can begin creating and we can move forward towards planning permission. It's still a long way to go, but this is a brilliant start.