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I just want to compliment you, Dirtwirx, and your city on having Hillside Park. It's the finest trail in the area by far and the one that I ride most often. I like to ride all of local trails but if given a choice of one, it would be Hillside. The crew have laid out a wonderful trail. It's as good as it gets anywhere. I really like the tight and twisty trails with sudden ups and downs. I do all the Thursday and Friday Races, Halloween race, and MMBS series race. It's amust-do. I live in Plymouth and truthfully, have no occasion to go to Elk River except to ride the trail. However, when I'm there, I'll usually fill up my car as there is a station that offers a cash discount. I usually ride my bike to the store, but when I have to pick up $100 of groceries, I'll usually do it in E.R. as I'm already out in the car. The same goes for some of my other shopping. For 201 I, I've collected receipts of what I spent in Elk River and summarized them for you. Gas 411.25 Groceries 426.54 Hardwaze 55.84 Department Store 94.73 General purchases Goodwill donations 50.00 Best guess Pharmacy 26.16 Curse those rocks in section III! Restaurant 52.68 Race entries and yearly pass 105.00 Auto parts 17.86 Total 1240.06 Yowsa! So as you can see, the trail can have a positive impact on your community beyond just being a cool place. I've been coming up to Hillside for a number of years, so do the math. I will probably spend even more there this year for two reasons. I was out of the country earlier in the year and wasn't coming in the winter nor doing the winter races and this year will be there for all the Cold Bear Challenge races and be riding at 1-3 times a week. The other is that the spring and early summer of 201 I was rotten for riding as it rained so much that we stayed off the trails to a large extent to prevent erosion. Hopefully that won't be the case this yeaz. You know you could probably double that amount if you guys have a house ofill-repute open up! O Feel free to share this letter with anyone that you feel appropriate (um, except for the Chief of Police and the last sentence of the previous paragraph, of course). Oh, I rode the first two days of the year and filled up my car on Jazi 1 for $24.87 and will be calling your department to renew my annual pass on Jan 3`d, so there is another $50 or so. Well, thanks for all that Dirtwirx and Elk River parks have done for us. It is appreciated and noticed. Craig Brown