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AN <br />SuNcaDtA <br />Ftlor: fount.{Jty, Lf€rt} <br />february 27,2A!7 <br />tenrtor Jim lloncyford <br />Wrys and Means, Vice-Chair CapitalBudget Cornmitte€ <br />11? lrv Newhouse Eullding <br />FO Box 48115 <br />Olympia, WA98504 <br />Deg r Sen ator Hon*y,ford, <br />As the Managing Sirectgr of Suncadia, the tourism ecoaorny of our stat€ is extremely important <br />to us. I urge ysu to iupportth* Washin$on $tate (l{r5} Horse park appltcarion for $:.0 rnltt;on <br />in capltal funding suppsrt tar a Covered Arens ond Associoted Bu$d^Ouf submitted by lhe WSllone Pa* Authority, and sponsor*d by State Senator Judy Warnick. <br />lscated in Cle Hum, WA, the 112-*cre IUS Horse park ettracts oyer 3O thourand visitors per <br />year, 95 pcrcent of r*hom are nonlscal-a statistic that unlqualy c*era*terires the prrk,$ <br />impact: over $3-5 million in night starys. Totall0caleconomic impact of ths p4, including dav <br />visilors, is $3'4 million. The Opvered Arena will enend the pa*'s searon from five mqnths ts <br />nine rnonths, lignificantly lncreasing tha slre and number of events held at the park. <br />Cle Elum is in Kittitas County, where over 18 percent ol jobs are in th* Accomrnodations and <br />FoodseMce Ssstor {{iruias county prafit*" M*eec}, regional labnr aconomist, <br />updated scptember 2016," rhe economic impact of the park lr conslderable <br />Th* Washing:on Strte HErse Park has been a very poritive impact on tourisrn for Suncadia and <br />the surrounding community. <br />Thank ?us for your crnsiderailon. I urga you ta fund this important proj*ct. <br />Sincerely, <br />fu.e{r, <br />Boger Beck <br />Managing Director <br />CC;Senitor Judy Warnick <br />Chair, Econcilic Baydopment Committee <br />103 lrv itewhouse Building <br />P,O.8ax {Od13 <br />Olympia, WA 98504 <br />770 SuncEdia Trail i (le Elum, lfA 9s9?2 i t 509.64S.6400 t i i89.{/II.6Z.5l I uarrw.suncadia.eorn