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FACI F' { t'{ r}R"rF{Uf €5T M* n#,At{ FtS RS I A$S**J ATI(?r* <br />Date 312117 <br />Senator Jirn Honeyford <br />Way and Means, Vice-dhair Capital Budget Cornrnittee <br />tr12 lrv filewhouse Euilding <br />PO Box 40415 <br />Olympia, WA 98504 <br />Senatnr Judy Warnirk <br />Chair, Eccnomic Oevelopment Committee <br />103 Inr Newhsuse Building <br />PO Box 404X3 <br />Olympla, WA 99504 <br />Re: Washington State Horse Fark - Covered Arena Fr<rject <br />Dear Senators; <br />As Fresident of the Pacific |lorthwest Morgan Herse Associarion and rnanaser of it's annual <br />hotse shsrs, the tourism eeonsmy of our state is extrernely important to ur. i urge you to <br />support the Washlngton {WA} State l{orse Park application for $Z.il rnillion in capital funding <br />suppsrt for a Coyered Arcna snd Assoclated Esild-Qut submitted by the WA Stat€ Hone Fark <br />Authority. <br />l"scated in Cle Elum and in operation fur 6 years, the 1.12-acre Horse Park is a destination venue <br />arnong hersa facllities in our stnte and already attrac-tc over 30 thousand visiton per year, 95 <br />percent af whom are nonloeal, The Park's ability to draw people frsm cutside the local area <br />uniguely characterizer the Park's impact: over $2.5 mlllion in overnight sr:ys. Tntaleconomic <br />impact of ths Fark, including day visitors, is $3.i1 mlllion" The Covered Arena r,rrillallow the Perk <br />to attrErt more hone disciplines, host larger sh*ws and ertend the lts nperating searon from <br />five to nine mgnths, eigniffcantly increasing the size and number of events held at the Park. <br />Cle Elum is in Kittltss County, where over 18 perc€nt of jobs are in the Accpmmsdatipns and <br />FoodxMce Sertar {l(itf*os Ceunty Praftle, Meseck, regional labor eccnomist, <br />updated tupternb*r 20161. The ecsnomic impact of the Pa* is conEiderabl*" <br />CIur organiaatial c*irsn?ly runs h*ns€ shsLls in a private rrenus" Fxpansi*n *f tha WA State <br />itor*e Far* would *nabi* us te ecnduet w;r everrts ther* ts the sign{fiea*t b*n*fit nf the Florse <br />Park, tha lryeal e*oncrny of t}rx area a*d Warhington State tourinm ari*rall, W* rttrsct *'*er sn* <br />hundr*d hgrses a*d their c*rrn*ctiefis id s|ir a*nual er/enl$, Oare of thexe is the aldrst <br />eantinugusiy iretd Morf;pn ismpet{U*$ Vf*st of thn Mlsslsslppi ftiv*r" ?he P*c!ffe tts$hw€st <br />&*organ !"fome Asss{iati*n is a r€Sister€d ISA state'cfxaritable arganka**n" <br />Thank you for your conslderation. t urge the State to fund this impofiant prsjert. <br />Sincerely. <br />Catherine Clsid <br />1224* 24th Arae NW <br />Stanwood, WA 982S2