"I am in a very small town and friendly with the Mayor, Chief of Police, and Business Administrator, thus, will reach out to them. "
Excellent places to start. Might help to show them one of your existing bonsai and explain the process of converting a wild tree into bonsai, as they will probably not understand that Banzai aren't cute widdle dwarf trees from Japan that are tended from seed by Pat Morita
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