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Cle Elum Roundup Association <br />PO Box 971 <br />Cle Elum,WA 98922 <br />March 1,2017 <br />Senator Jim Honeyford <br />Ways and Means,Vice Chair Capital Budget Committee <br />112 Irv Newhouse Building <br />P.O.Box 40415 <br />Olympia WA.98504 <br />Senator Judy Warnick <br />Chair,Edonomic Development Committee <br />103 Irv NewhouseBuilding <br />P.O.Box 40413 -- <br />Olympia WA.98504 y y .à <br />Dear Senators; <br />The Cle Elum RoundupAspıeiation(CERA)Rodeo Board urges you to support the Project known as <br />the Washington State Horsèfark (WSHP)CoveredArena.Our reasons are really simple.There's an <br />abundance of use for the Proposed CoveredArena;the Horse Park,is surroundedby the economically <br />depressed Cif¶of Cle Elum,yet the Park brings much needed eapital into the City whendverthere is <br />an event held there. <br />The CERA Rodeo is held the last weekend of July and this is our 46 year.Each year the Rodeo has <br />gotten bigger,better and will grow exponentially even more as time goes on.From the onset the <br />WSHP has been the reason the Rodeo has been successfïil,a facility designed and built for equine <br />events,with all of the support any event cquld hope for.The CoveredArena will offer the CERA <br />Rodeo another state of the art facility with whicheto have even more contestants perform.The Arena <br />will allow the Rodeo to add even more events to make it one of the great tier two rodeos in the State of <br />Washington,allowing our Rodeo to attract tlé best talent in the United States. <br />During sport horse events and Rodeos the town fills with English discipline riders,cowboys,cowgirls <br />and tourist,all coming because we have the Washington State Horse Park.The economic benefits of <br />outdoor recreation in Washington State is over $20 Billion,of which horselactivities comprise over <br />$150 Million.Taxes collected just for Kittitas County are well over $10 Million. <br />The addition of a CoveredArena will create an environment that will place the Horse Park on the list <br />of premier horse facilities in America.This is one of the most beautiful settings anywhere,sitting at <br />the foot of the Cascades with a view of the Stuart Range mountains. <br />Your support for this mgni 6ent ility is,and has been,what'gþeen important to its success.I <br />Terri McFadden <br />President CERA Rodeo Board