The 'Big Peanut' is back in Ashburn, Georgia, about five years after the original was taken down by Hurricane Michael. The community raised funds for its return.
The original peanut was erected in 1975, and is located near the town of Ashburn, Georgia. Ashburn is a small town of 9,000, with a large farming presence.
"I think it represents home," said Ashley Miller, the executive director of the Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, told the Associated Press."I know it’s a small town, but when you say, ‘Have you seen the peanut?’ That’s me." Cole Sercer of Sercer Machine & Fabrication stands beside the Big Peanut that he and his employees designed and built near Ashburn, Georgia.
The Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce raised almost $80,000 to rebuild the giant peanut statue. The funds came from both the Georgia Department of Agriculture and from donations from residents of Turner County, the AP noted.
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