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1998 -The State Parks Commission authorizes Ihe Parks Director to approveselectionoftheCleElumlocationfortheWashingtonStateHorsePark,asrequiredinthelegislation. <br />1998 -2004 -Through several years of negotiation,Urban Growth Aci (UGA)approval and changing developers,the site in Cle Elum is selected on 106 acresincludinginfrastructureimprovementsandwaterrights.The value of thedonationbyJELD-WEN and Lowe Enterprises (now Suncadia Resort)to thecitizensoftheStategrowstomorethan$6,000,000. <br />2004 -Washington State Horse Park Foundation reorganizes to better manage theproject,facilitate fund-raising activities and expand the involvement by the horsecommunityandequestrian-related businesses. <br />2005 -Governor Christine Gregoire appoints new Washington State Horse ParkAuthorityBoardmemberstofinalizesiteplanningandbegindevelopment. <br />2006 -The Washington State Horse Park Authority Board works,in conjunctícawithEdLapsleyandRober!Mack (Central Washington University---Department ofEconomics),to update prior reports on capital construction cost estimates andeconomicfeasibilityrespectively.These documents will support a capitalfundingrequesttobemadetotheWashingtonStateLegislatureduringthe 2007-08 biennial budget. <br />THE ORGANIZATION <br />Washington State Horse Park Authority is a seven-member board authorized bytheWashingtonStateLegislatureandappointedbytheGovernortodevelop,promote,operate,manage and maintain the Horse Park using a combination ofstateandprivateresources. <br />Washington State Horse Park Foundation is a non-profit corporation that acts asa"friend of the Horse Park"by supporting Ihe Washington Sate Horse ParkAuthority.11is comprised of an all-volunteer Board of Directors and FoundationMembershipthatrepresentsadiversecross-section of horse disciplinet.interestsandbusinesses. <br />EVENTS <br />The Washington State Horse Park is designed to meet the needs of local,regionalandnationalcompetitions.Its charter specifically charges the Horse ParkAuthorityBoardtoprovide4-H,pony clubs,youth groups and local parkdepartmentswithyouthrecreationalactivities.The Authority Board also is toprovidepreferentialuseofanareaoftheHorseParkforyouthandthedisabled atnominalcost. <br />4