OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - After close to a decade of work and collecting donations, organizers finally have a home for a statue of Omaha’s Broom Man.

Rev. Livingston Wills walked the streets of Omaha selling brooms and spreading joy. The statue will memorialize the positive spirit and work ethic of the Omaha icon.

Omaha artist John Lajba is working on a project he started years ago. He has created a statue of Wills and is preparing it to be covered in bronze.

“His eyes under his lids you’ll see that they’re concentrating on something,” Lajba said. “You know they’re very alive.”

Artist captures details of Rev. Wills’ blindness

Wills was without sight. Lajba puts details in his work that point out that fact.

“He’s not like grabbing like maybe someone with sight might do,” Lajba said. “Even

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