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1998 -The state Parks Comml81ion authorizelfthe Parks Director to approve <br />selection Qfthe Cle.Blum fooatlon for the Washington State Ho-rse Park, as <br />required ln the Iegil.lation. <br />1998 -2004 -Through several yeanr of negotiation, Urban Growth Ad (UGA) <br />approval and changing developers, the lite in t:le Blum 11 selected on I 06 acres <br />Including 1.nfraslruoture improvements and wa1er rights. The value of the <br />donation by }ELD-WEN and Lowe Enterprise, (lJOW Sunoadla Resort) to the <br />clt1Jens of the sta1e grows to ,;nore 1han $6,000,000. <br />2004 -Wuhing1on State Horse Parle P'ounda1,lon reorganizes to bettennanage the <br />projeot, facllitllte fund~r _aislng actlvitle• and expand the involvement by the horse <br />comm.unity and equestrian-related busines•es. <br />eoos • Governor Chrlrttnf Gregoire appoints new Wa,hlngton State Horse Park <br />Authority Board members to finalize site planning and begin development. <br />2G08 -The Watbington State Hor1e ParkAu1hority Boa.rd works, in conjunction <br />with Ed Lapsley and Robert Mack (Central Washington Univer1lty-Depart:ment o! <br />Economia1). to update prior r~Port• on aa.pltal con,truetfon coin eitlmates and <br />economic fe.ulbW.ty-re1pect1vely. Thete doauments will support a capital <br />1\mcllng request to be ma.~e 10 the Wuhlngton State Legislature during the 2007- <br />08 blennial budg~. <br />THE ORGANIZATION <br />Wuhtllgtou State Hc.rH Park Authority hr a aeven-rnember board authorized by <br />the Wublngtoo. State Leglllmure and appointed by the Governor to devel(?p, <br />promote, o~rate, manage and maintain the Hors~ Park: u.s1ng a oomblnafion of <br />state and private resouroer. <br />Wuldngton State Ron~ Puk Foun4ation ls a non-profit corporation that acts u <br />a "friend of the Horse Park" by auppwting the Wuhing1on Sate Hone Parle; <br />.Authority. It ls oomprlsed o! an all-volunteer Board of Directors and Foundation <br />Membenhlp that represents a diverse oross-section of horse dlsdpllnes, interests <br />and budnesses. <br />EVENTS <br />'lhe Washington State Hone Park ls dellgned to Jn,8et the need" oflo(!a1, regional <br />and national oompetJttons. Ita charter 1peclfl.oally charges the Horse Park <br />Anthorlty B_oard to provide 4.-H, pony clubs, youth grou,ps ~d looal park <br />department• with youth recreatlonal aotlvitiea. Tha Authority Boud also ia to <br />provlde preferential u1e of an area of the Hone Park. for youth and the d.Jsabled at <br />nominal coat. <br />4