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\trSHJA <br />March 5,2At7 <br />S*nator Jirn Honeyfard <br />Way and ltI*ans, Viee"Ch*rir Capital Sudget Corhfi,tt€e <br />112 lrv Newhouse $uilding <br />n0 0ox 404L5 <br />Olymnia, WA 98504 <br />Senator Judy Warnick <br />f, hair, €concrnic Oev*lopm€nt Committee <br />103 lrv Ne*bouse Suilding <br />PS Box 44473 <br />Olympia, w.A 985CI4 <br />fre: Washlnglgn state HcrsE Park - Cpvered Arena Projsct <br />Dear Senators; <br />I urge you to suppqrt the Washingtcn State Horse Park application fcr 52.0 rnillion in eapital funding <br />suptlort for a eovered Arena and Associated Build-orrt submitted by the wfishin$on Srat€ Hofs€ Park <br />Authority, <br />Ar the Washington State Hunter Junper Assoeiation, the ctrengih of Washington's equestrian economy <br />is of vital irnportance to u$. lmportantly, the equestrian e{ongmy helps to feed the Stat€'s tcorisrn <br />ecgnorny, wlthln which the Washlngton State Horse Park piays a rnajor role. <br />The XX?-acre hErse park, iocat*d in {le Ehrn, is sne ol Washing|cn's premiere destination venu€s, <br />Ettracllng over 30 thCIg$and virltors annually, 95 percen{ of whorn are nonlocal, The Parlt dile tt it$ <br />unique ability to draw people from outside the lacaland stat€ rrea, garners ov*r $?.5 rnillicn in <br />overnight stayi annually. Currently, the Park's ecsnomic imparl is $9.+ million" wlth the addition of the <br />Covered Arena, the Park willba enabled to expand its op€rating $sason from five ts nine mcnlhs, <br />broadsn the size and scope of its equestrian events. and uttiilatsly gengrate more tourism r€vefiue ngt <br />only for Cle Elum and Kirti6s County, where ovEr 18 percent of jobs are in lh* Acconrmod*tions and <br />Foods€rvice Sector, bst alra for Washington State. The econcmic irnpact of enabliog the Park to vrlden <br />its serviees is csnsiderable" <br />The Warhingon State Hunter iumper Association itself has been enabled, through the Washington State <br />Hr:rse Park,'ts support numerilus top qualitV horse shows, benefiiting it* membership while also