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mail <br />Funding support for Evergreen Snow Park <br />Bob Seelye <robert.seelye@gmail.com> Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 8:16 AM <br />To: Ira Astrachan <ira.astrachan@kprd1.org>, cory.wright@co.kittitas.wa.us, laura.osiadacz@co.kittitas.wa.us, <br />brett.wachsmith.co@co.kittitas.wa.us <br />Kittitas County Commissioners: <br />On the behalf of the Kittitas County Snowmobile Grooming Council, I urge all <br />involved to support additional funding for improvements to the Evergreen Snow <br />Park. This snow park was established on donated land over ten years ago and <br />has struggled without any funding source. <br />The Snow Park has seen increased usage as other parking near the top of the <br />Pass operates at full capacity. Evergreen is one of the very few Snow Parks that <br />allows winter recreation over a vast area that stretches all the way to the Kittitas <br />County borders near Highway 410. Users bring many tourism dollars into our <br />community with their support of local lodging, restaurants, fuel, etc. <br />Immediate needs to the Snow Park include a gate and engineering to prepare for <br />grading, rock and gravel. It is currently very muddy when temps are above <br />freezing. Our Grooming council fields many complaints of users getting their <br />vehicles stuck in the mud. <br />Thank you for your consideration. Our grooming council is committed to assist <br />with funding grants over this next coming season. <br />Respectfully, <br />Bob Seelye, Chairman <br />Kittitas County Snowmobile Grooming Council <br />