LOOKING GOOD FOR SOUTH FLORIDA BROOKE. THANK YOU. WELL, COVERING THE TREASURE COAST. THE CITY OF PORT SAINT LUCIE IS LOOKING FOR AN ARTIST OR ART TEAM TO CREATE ART INSTALLATIONS FOR A NEW MONUMENT THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN A CITY PARK. AND HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE IS COUNCILMAN DAVID PICKETT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING, COUNCILMAN PICKETT. SO FIRST, CAN YOU JUST TALK TO US ABOUT HOW ALL OF THIS WAS STARTED AND WHY? WELL, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, THIS IDEA WAS BORN FROM. IT’S ACTUALLY THE IDEA THAT I HAD, UM, I WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO FALLEN SOLDIERS WHO WHO HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THEIR, UH, SUFFER FROM PTSD AND ULTIMATELY MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE BY KILLING THEMSELVES. UM, SO, UM, WE HAVE A PARK. UM. THAT WE WANTED TO I WANTED TO I WANT TO PUT THIS MONUMENT INTO THE PARK. UM, SO I STARTED TO COLLECT THE MONEY AND THE, UM, THE CITY ARTS ADVISORY BOARD GOT ON BOARD WITH ME, AND NOW IT’S IT’S A CALL TO ARTIST WHERE WE WE PUT IT OUT FOR FOR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO, UH, PARTICIPATE. UH, AND SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS. SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS TO MAKE A SUBMISSION. COUNCILMAN PICKETT, WHY WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST SO NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART, YOU KNOW? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT THIS ART WILL DO FOR THE VETERANS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY? WELL, UH, I HAD FOUR SOLDIERS THAT WHO SERVED WITH ME. WHO WHO COMMITTED, COMMITTED SUICIDE FROM PTSD. AND I WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO NOT ONLY THOSE SOLDIERS, BUT THE 22 SOLDIERS WHO DIE EVERY DAY FROM FROM SUFFERED FROM PTSD AND I WANTED TO CREATE A PLACE THAT THAT FOR FOR REMEMBRANCE AND FOR REFLECTION FOR THE FAMILIES. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M HOPING THAT THIS ART PIECE DOES. SO RIGHT NOW YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR AN ARTIST OR AN ART TEAM THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. YES, WE PUT A CALL TO ARTISTS OUT OUR ARTS ADVISORY BOARD, PUT A CALL TO ARTISTS OUT AND IF ANYBODY’S INTERESTED, THEY CAN GO TO THE CTY OF PSL WEBSITE. IF CITY OF PSL. DOT COM BACKSLASH ART AND AND ON THERE WAS ALL THE ALL THE DETAILS THAT UH THAT THE ART PIECE WILL SHOULD CONTAIN AND AND UM HOW TO TO GO AHEAD AND FILE UH, YOUR SUBMISSION. YEAH. CAN WE GIVE SOME OF THE ARTISTS THAT MAY BE WATCHING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR? I KNOW THE DEADLINE IS FAST APPROACHING. IT’S IN JUST TWO DAYS ON WEDNESDAY. YES, MA’AM. THAT’S CORRECT. UM, WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR, UM, IS GOING TO AS I SAID, IT’S GOING TO BE AN ART PIECE. IT’S GOING TO GO INTO ONE OF OUR PARKS IN THE PARK. EXCUSE ME. ONE OF OUR PARKS IN THE CITY. AND AND WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT DEPICTS, UH, DEPICTS, UM, SCENES OF WAR FROM, FROM A SOLDIER’S VIEWPOINT, SOMETHING THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD, THEY WOULD CONJURE UP IN THEIR, IN THEIR MEMORIES. UM, BASICALLY LIKE ON THE FOREFRONT WOULD BE A PICTURE OF A SOLDIER AND TO THE, TO THE SIDES OF IT BE PICTURES OF DIFFERENT SCENES OF WAR. UM, FROM A, FROM A SOLDIER’S VIEWPOINT. WELL, COUNCILMAN PICKETT, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND WE ARE SORRY. WE OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR OF YOUR SERVICE MEMBERS THERE. IF YOU DO WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AT WPBF.COM. EVERYTHING THAT COUNCILMAN PICKETT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, ALONG WITH THE APPLICA