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lha}r <br />;ffi <br />ri i) -i: <br />r-fe lFA.{,.$}"-** <br />tqO>*a .-*al,trat;xi-irx <br />t !.J 1.5 ._ <br />r}-ir irbbl* <br />2/U/za]J <br />SenatorJim Honeyford <br />Ways and Means, Vice-Chair f,apital gudget Cornrnittee <br />112 lrv Newhause Building <br />FO 8ox 4Sz1l5 <br />Otympla, WA 98504 <br />Re: Support for 2017 &pital Eudget Request * $a,o million for correred Arena and ,As$sciatsd <br />Sulld O$t st the Warhing:{a Stst€ }lone Fsrk <br />$ear Senator Honeyford, <br />tocated in fle Elum, WA, the 112 acrp Wa*hington gtate l-lor$e Fark attrasls more than 3S,0G0 <br />visitors per year. Ninety-five p€tc€nt of those visitars travBl more than S0 miles to pa,ikipate in <br />€venls and actlvities at the par*, $nders{oring tlre wlde demand for equestrian opportunities. <br />Visitors to th€ Washington llorse park also eontribute pssltitiely to the lccal u.ono*y in upper(ittitas County, creating 53.4 million of ecsnpmic activlty. <br />W* urgo You te supp*rt the wsthin8lon $trte liors€ Parh eppllretion fur *2.0 mllllon In *aplel <br />fundlng $uPF*fi fora €auercdfersandA.*swl*bdsr,tttd&*rubmtrted rythe !,ar*hgton <br />Stats tlorrc F.rk Authority, *nd ipanr0rsd by State S€n*toJ Jrdy $Jarntck <br />The Cavered Arena lvill extend ths ParlCs seasan from five .norrths to nine roonths, significantly <br />increasing the siae and number cf ev*nts that can be held a! the Park, with subseque;t increases <br />in Park visitation and af${rciated eei:nomk a{tiviay in the locsl community. <br />The Washingtsr state Horse Park ls an important r€gianal ag$Et ilrithin the Mountains to Sound <br />€reenway, lhe Mountains to sound Greenway Trr.lst supporte inyeslrnent in pa*s and sther <br />public lands tNrat enable peaple tc enjoy the outdoors, rontrlbute to loc*l eeongnries, anc <br />csnserve the natural lands and snte/5 that rnake coromunities llk* Cle Elum great places ts live, <br />work and play. <br />Thark you f*r your conskieration. lurge ysu tfi fund this irnportant project, <br />Sincerely, <br />Jsn Hoekstra <br />Executive Directcr <br />CC:Senator Judy Warnick, <br />Chair, eranomie O*velspmenf Cofilmittee <br />103 lru l{er*house Suilding <br />F.0. Sox40413 <br />0lyrnpia, WA 985&t <br />3 lxwA? <br />torffsa*qr <br />.l <br />: . ir i.*..!YJrr'llt;l r',,.!. l I$6?$sifrxwAYoRs