Hooooooooooooooold up there, Baba Looey! (for reference)

30k is not a small number! 30k is a very large number. If I had 30k pennies in my bank account right now, instead of the 44 presently there, I'd be a happy man right now. I'd have three hundred dollars.

My entire town is 8k people. The county within which it sits is ~42k. You are talking two thirds of the population of a slightly rural North Carolina county.

I hope you're a real good salesman... or that you can and do hire one. You are talking what amounts to amassing a moderately-sized army in kickstarter terms (I use the word "kickstarter" generically here). That is a (pardon me) f*ckton of enthusiasm to drum up.

That said... I wish you luck. You're going to need it!