The city of Boston, in the northeast of the USA, has a splendid illustration of the sizes and distances of the bodies of the solar system. Why not put up a similar illustration in your own district? There's no reason not to have multiple instances of the planets, so that people approaching wherever you have the model sun from several directions can have the fun of it all. (Signs by the roadside work well.)
Boston's 'sun' is at the science museum. They actually have models of the planets in the right places, right size.
If your sun is 3.5 meters across, then the following are the sizes and distances to use for the planets. Distance given in metric first, imperial second...
Mercury: 1.2cm, 147m, 483 ft
Venus: 3.1cm, 275m, 901 ft
Earth: 3.2cm, 380 m, 0.24 miles
Mars: 1.7cm, 580m, 0.36 mi
Jupiter: 36.3cm, 1.98km, 1.23 mi
Saturn: 30.6cm, 3.62km, 2.25 mi
Uranus: 13.0cm, 7.29km, 4.53 mi
Neptune: 12.6cm, 11.42km, 7.1 mi
Pluto: 0.58cm, 15.02km, 9.3 mi
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