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Now, three employees of Roadside America have launched a $750,000 Kickstarter online fundraising campaign to buy the display, move it and restore it.
Jon Jordan, village supervisor, Richard Peiffer, road foreman of tracks, trains and trolleys, and Jeff Marks, landscape and restoration artist, want to buy the display, relocate it to a more convenient Berks County location and restore the exhibit to its original beauty.
The potential buyers said the fundraising campaign is all or nothing, and if they don’t reach their goal, the effort is off.
“We obviously don’t want to collect funds for something, fall short of our goal, and then not be able to deliver,” Jordan said. “This way, backers aren’t charged, and we don’t receive funds unless our goal is reached.”
While the Kickstarter campaign is all or nothing, he said they...