In the context of Statue of Alexander Wood, explore the Establishment of the History.
A statue of Wood was commissioned in the early 2000s by the Church Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area (CWVBIA), at a total cost of CA$200,000 split evenly between the CWVBIA and the municipal government of Toronto. It was the first major installation initiative of the CWVBIA, with the organization assuming responsibility for the cost of installing, constructing, and maintaining the statue. The statue took roughly six months to receive approvals from the city, which Newbigging regarded as an unusually short amount of time.The statue was formally unveiled at the corner of Church and Alexander Streets in Toronto on May 28, 2005, in a ceremony attended by over 300 people. The unveiling was celebrated with a parade of bagpipers, a performing colour guard, and representatives from the LGBT groups Supporting Our Youth and the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps. Upon its establishment, the statue became the first LGBT monument in Canada.
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