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F Afl I F lC N *RTl'{Wfi 5T to{*fi 6Ail F{& ffi $ r A55*{{ A?$t3N <br />aa&3l2lX7 <br />Senator Jim Honeyford <br />Way and M€ans, Vice-Chair Capital Sudget Commifcee <br />tr12 lrv ftlewhouse Building <br />P0 Box,tfli415 <br />Olympia, WA 98504 <br />SenatorJudy Warnick <br />Chair, €conornic Developm€nt Cornmi*€e <br />103 Inr Newhouse Buiiding <br />PO Box 40413 <br />Olympta, WA 98504 <br />Re: Washington $tate Horse Park - Covered Arena Praject <br />CI€ar sgnators; <br />As Freside*t *f the Pacific il{rrthwest Morgan H*rse Asssciation and manager of it's annlal <br />hotse shorrs, the tourism econ*rny of our strte is extremely important to u:. I urge yCIu tp <br />support the Washington {WA} State Horse Fark appticatisn for $Z.S mlllion in capital funding <br />support for a f,overed Arena dnd Associuted Eutld-*zj! submitted by the WA Stat€ Hcrxe Park <br />Authority. <br />l-sfated in Cle tlurn and in cperation fnr 6 years, the Xl?-acre Hcrse Park is a deEtination venue <br />arnong hprse facllities in cul state and already attracts aver 30 thousand visitors per year, 95 <br />percent of whom are nonlocal. The Park's ability to draw people from cutside the local arez <br />uniguely charaeterizel the Fark's impact: sver $?.5 mlilion in overnight srxte. Tataleccncrni* <br />impac? of the Pa*, including day rrisitors. is $3.4 million" The {ovsrEd Arsna wifl allow the Park <br />to attract more horse disciplines, host {arger shpws and extend the its operating season from <br />five to nine mcnths, slgni$cantly increasing the size and number of events held at the Park. <br />Cle tlum is in i{ittltas County, whert over 18 pertent of Jobs are in the A,ceemmodationr and <br />Foodservice Sertor {lfiffifos Caunty Fraftl*, Meseck, regional labor economi*t, <br />updated September 20151. The aconomic irnpacf sf the Park is considerable. <br />Our *rganieatisrl c{.Jir*ntly runs hofis* shstsrs ln a prlvate v€nile. f;xpunsion cf the WA St*l* <br />f.lerss Far* would snable us to cpnd:J{t CI*r evsnts the''e to the signlfi*aftt bet!*fft *f tha }iorse <br />Firk, tlxe fs{,al ec*n*mg of *hat are* and Washingtan $tate tsurirrrr overel!, Wr rttrect {htrr sr}e <br />hundr*d lwrses and their csrrn*ct$gns ts *$r a*nual evenL$" One sf there in the at est <br />ecntinur*usiy held hdergpn tonrpetlUon West sf thn &dlsrisslppt ftiv*r The F*c{fis fti,orthne* <br />MCIrgan F{clr* tu**ciation is a r*girter*d WA stat* charkabla *rganix$on" <br />Thank you far your consideration. I urga the Stat€ to fund thir 9rnporrant prsiect <br />Sincerely, <br />Catherine Claud <br />322A9 24th Arae NW <br />Slanwood, WA 98292