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Ile <br />VaV I /SU nL ARTS CENTER <br />NONPROFIT EST. 1960 <br />September 9, 2016 <br />Breanne Durham and Julie Patterson <br />Washington Trust for Historic Preservation <br />1204 Minor Ave, Seattle, WA 9810 <br />Dear Breanne and Julie, <br />I write this letter to support the Ellensburg Downtown Association's (EDA) initiative to host the <br />2017 Main Street Conference in Ellensburg, WA. As an organization and a Ellensburg resident, we <br />would be honored to have the attention of such an impactful organization. We welcome the <br />opportunity to thank you for your great work and support of our arts loving, college student <br />dwelling, beer drinking, rodeo hosting town. <br />In April 2014,1 wrote an article about Gallery One for TrustNews located on page 16 <br />(11ttDI-1Ipreservewa.or /Fi!eLibraryffile/Newsletters,`2014/201.4-2%20A,pril.pdfl. This article <br />shares with you the breadth of services that we have offered to the public since 1968 so I won't go <br />into too much detail about Gallery One in this letter of support. It also provides a few images of the <br />interior and exterior of the building. For a full tour you can visit htto: //wwwgallery- <br />oM_Qrghajgur/for a 360 view of our building. Re -erected after the great fire in 1889, the Stewart <br />building had seen many uses before we purchased and renovated it in 2001. We consider ourselves <br />a successful example of both modernization and preservation of a historic building. <br />In addition to supporting the hosting of the conference in Ellensburg, we would offer ourselves as <br />partners to the EDA in the conference as a venue and a participant! We as an organization are able <br />to donate to the conference rental of the space plus AV equipment ($1,000 in value). We can speak <br />directly to the value of having a proactive EDA offering the benefits of the Main Street Approach to a <br />downtown business. We can also speak to the value of strong partnerships in the arts, working <br />locally with the Ellensburg Arts Commission and statewide with the Washington State Arts <br />Commission. <br />Thank you both for considering our request. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance in <br />persuading you to select Ellensburg as the location for your next Main Street Conference! <br />,Avvu. �� <br />Monica Miller <br />Executive Director <br />Gallery One Visual Arts Center <br />408 N Pearl St, Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />509-225-2.670 <br />