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Deckert, Annie <br />From: David Raymond <raymond.dg@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:20 AM <br />To: Deckert, Annie <br />Cc: John Stander <br />Subject: ArtSoup request to use HRA lot <br />Good morning Annie, <br />The Arts Alliance would like to request the HRA grant permission to use the recently created parking lot as a location for <br />one or two of the tents housing exhibits and activities during the ArtSoup Festival. <br />The actual layout of the area depends on the final design of the lot. <br />ArtSoup, as you know, is a festival highlighting the arts in all its forms. We expect to have over 40 artists displaying their <br />work in booths along Main Stand Jackson Ave. which would be closed to traffic during the festival. Some of the artists <br />will be demonstrating their technique. Local and regional artists will also show their work in an exhibition that is juried <br />by qualified judges and awards will be given to the best works. <br />There will also be performances by local and regional musicians, dance and theater groups on the stage at Riverside Park <br />and throughout the downtown area. <br />In the large tent we hope to set up in the HRA lot, Community Education will be hosting art activities for kids. There will <br />also be space for other community arts groups to demonstrate and promote their programs. <br />Restaurants downtown will again offer a variety of food choices in and outside their establishments during the festival. <br />If the new lot is not available for the festival the possible options are to set up the larger tents in one of the other city <br />lots as has been done in the past or on of the closed streets. <br />These are not preferred due to issues of setup /takedown timing and disruption of parking for the businesses and traffic <br />before and after the festival. <br />Thank you, <br />David Raymond, Chairman <br />The Arts Alliance <br />