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Gainesville sister city program pursues statue construction after initial rejection Students from Gainesville and Duhok, Iraq, worked together on an art submission through a virtual exchange program Graphic by Alex Brown Alachua County called on artists to design art centered around the concept of a megaphone. The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners received 19 submissions. All were rejected, and a Martin Luther King Jr. statue is now the new artwork concept for the west lawn of the Alachua County Administration Building. An anonymous citizen offered to match up to $50,000 if the county chooses to have a Martin Luther King Jr. statue created for the west lawn, according to Gina Peebles, Alachua County assistant county manager and chief of staff. The proposed statue concept contrasts a prior requirement that the project could not honor a person, according to the county’s website. Peebles said the current budget with cou ....