Justdroppedin
02-11-2025, 12:39 PM
They erect this every year and then tear it down, donating the bulk of the building materials that cannot be stored for reuse to local non-profit organizations building shelters for the homeless or other uses they have for them. And the event itself results in about $20 million dollars in charitable donations being collected and donated to non-profits, with the event itself generating almost half a billion dollars in economic impact for the local economy.
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