ASHLAND (AP) — The story of the Ashland garage door mural has reached a picture-perfect ending.

Dillon McCord, 15, painted a rain forest mural on his family’s garage door in July.

The move pleased some art lovers but upset a few neighbors who complained that it violated subdivision rules. One neighbor trying to sell a house thought the mural brought down the neighborhood’s value.

Shortly after he completed the major project, the developer of the subdivision asked McCord to remove or paint over the mural. But the question of the massive painting’s fate quickly became a community issue in Ashland, known for its support of the arts.

Eventually, Mahar Homes offered to give McCord’s parents a new garage door and also allowed Dillon to do what he wished with the artwork, but requested that if he sold it that he give a portion of the proceeds to charity.

The garage door was recently featured at a local arts show, and this week, Victoria and Christopher Law, owners of the A Street Arts Building, bought it for $500.

McCord gave all the proceeds to a charity. He also won a Cricket Magazine contest he painted the garage for.

“It’s sort of amazing,’’ he said. “I wasn’t expecting this at all.’’

Law said news coverage of the mural drew him to it.

“I was curious about the controversy,’’ Law said. “I thought it was sad he had to remove it.’’

McCord gave the money to the Macaw Landing Foundation, a Portland-based organization that helps preserve an increasingly rare parrot of the tropics. The macaw is featured in McCord’s mural.

McCord said despite all the attention, the most exciting part of it was winning the magazine contest. But more excitement may be on the way.

A friend of McCord, Ryan Rambach, is putting together a documentary on the story that he hopes to show at the Ashland Independent Film Festival.