The Jefferson Perez Museum Will Be a Reality. 
Ecuador, 07/09/2008. Cuenca. Jose Pinos, manager of the Jefferson Perez Foundation and Mayor Marcelo Cabrera signed an agreement creating the Municipal Museum of Sports Glories.
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The least the people of Cuenca can do is acknowledge the great work by a man who his fame is known in all the countries of the world,” said Mayor Cabrera, referring to the race walker and to the future museum, which will not only display Perez’ medals, trophies and clothing, but also of all the outstanding sportsman and women of Cuenca canton.
El local en donde funcionará esta galería, está ubicado en La Calle Larga 1-61 y Jesús Arriaga; tiene un área de 845 metros cuadrados y fue adquirido por un costo aproximado de 140 mil dólares, financiados por el Fondo de Salvamento de Patrimonio Cultural, FONSAL.
The gallery will be located at 1-61 Calle Larga and Jesús Arriaga streets. It has an area of 845 square meters and was acquired at a cost of approximately 145 thousand dollars financed by the Fund for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, FONSAL.
Once the expropriation process of the property has been completed, the municipality will contract a restoration study to be included in the 2009 budget.
It is estimated that the project will open officially in 12 months and will be administered by the Jefferson Perez Foundation.
"We hope that the majority of Jefferson’s trophies and of the other sportsmen and women can be in the museum as well," said Carlos Flores, a Cuenca councilman who also attended the signing of the agreement.
Source: www.eltiempo.com.ec
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