The engraved commemorative bricks are always fun, but they are pricey. Because they have to be durable enough to etch names and businesses, a very high-quality brick is required. The cost can be as much as $25 a brick.
Bricks would sell for about $100 each. While $100 is a lot of money, it is a permanent record of our contribution to the effort. A business can have their name included for the life of the building. This is pretty cheap advertising in this light. Even families and individuals could also take part.
A minimal building would cost $150 a square foot. And if we try to contain costs, we could forecast a total cost for the building to be about $45,000. As one would expect some participation for expenses if there was a public bathroom, therefore it is considered that the sale of 500 bricks should do the job ($50,000 in brick sales less $12,500 for the cost of the bricks - and the bricks would offset some of the material costs of construction). So, this would give us a start of $37,500 to get things going.
We could do more to seek municipal funding, however it will be better if this is something the tourism industry does for itself. And yes, 500 bricks are a lot of bricks. But this is a generous community when the requests are reasonable and the objective is clear. Other fund raising efforts might be added as needed... like a "wine toss"! More on that later.
There would be a limit of $200 per business or individual. It will be best if this is a community project and not paid by any one particular business or individual.
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