SUWANEE, Ga. — Suwanee city leaders are asking its residents to declutter their homes and send old awards their way.
The city is collecting old trophies, medals and plaques to create the City of Suwanee's Ultimate Participation Trophy. The awards will help contribute to the public art piece in Town Center Park.
"I think it's going to be really cool and also, you know, pokes a little bit of fun at ourselves." Denise Brinson, City of Suwanee's assistant city manager said. "Everybody wins."
Brinson said the city's public art initiatives stands on the tenants of being interactive and temporary. Hopefully, a well-known city sculptor make the city's ultimate tropy a reality.
Artist Phil Proctor will create the sculpture and unveil it at the Suwanee Arts Festival this spring, according to the city. Proctor's work can be found in metro Atlanta, such as his Spark sculpture in Freedom Park. He's most known for his series of geometric sculptures in Buckhead that nod to the different Atlanta street intersections.
"We kind of had the idea of maybe making a structure that spanned the sidewalk so people could pass through it. It'd be a lot more interactive for the people to kind of be able to walk underneath it and sort of interact with it that way," Proctor said of his next "award-winning" piece.
But to craft Suwanee's new landmark, he'll need the community's help to make it possible. He thinks he'll need a few hundred pieces to make this vision come to life. Those who donate on Sunday may even be featured in a documentary if they share their trophy-winning stories.
Brinson explained how it may be difficult for her to part with some of her trophies, sparking the idea of having Max Paxton, Suwanee neighbor and star of the TV show Hoarders there to help people declutter but also collect the stories behind the awards.
"When you come this Sunday, if you have a story attached to how you won this fabulous 'Horseshoe second place championship,' we're putting together like a mini-documentary and we're going to just tell stories about some of these trophies," she said.
People can contribute to the project and donate their old trophies and awards Sunday on Nov. 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Town Center Park. Proctor will be there with Paxton to interview trophy donors as part of the "artumentary" that will accompany the project.
Neighbors can also drop off their materials at City Hall through the end of November and will have another event Dec. 3 at the Town Center.
Trophy, award drop-off
Sunday, Nov. 13
Town Center Park
330 Town Center Avenue
Suwanee, Georgia 30024
Nov. 13-Nov. 30
Suwanee City Hall
Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
*(Items can be left at the front doors after hours)
330 Town Center Avenue
Suwanee, Georgia 30024