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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Just a reminder
to please come to attend the Public Hearing on Thursday, June 25<SUP>th</SUP> at
7:00 PM to show support for the Arts in Clifton Park.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The meeting will be at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shen</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Senior</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> located in the Clifton Commons on
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Road</st1:address></st1:Street>.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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REQUIRED!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Town of
Clifton Park is currently asking residents to take an online survey about the
town’s recreational needs. Unfortunately, the survey does not include much
on Arts & Culture which is part of Parks &
Recreation.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>You can find the survey
at </FONT><A title=http://www.cliftonpark.org/townhall/
href="http://www.cliftonpark.org/townhall/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.cliftonpark.org/townhall/</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> . <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">To the far right,
at the top, are the announcements, including the link for the survey. You
will have opportunities – brief though they are – to comment on
arts/concerts/performance spaces. I urge you to take advantage of any
opportunity to include how you feel about the lack of a full-time indoor
facility for the visual and performing arts as promised in the Town Master Plan
of 1975.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">There will also
be two public hearings connected with the survey:
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">June 11<SUP>th</SUP> from 7-9pm at the Jonesville Fire
Station<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>June 25<SUP>th</SUP> from 7-9pm at the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shenedehowa</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Senior</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on the Commons</FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">I would like to
urge all civic-minded Clifton Park residents who want to see the Arts
grow and flourish in our town – this means everything from more monetary support
for arts to the building of a Community Cultural Center -- to attend these
meetings and speak out, not just in support of recreational sports and leisure,
but the Arts as well. Change can only be wrought when the people stand up
and speak out!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please forward
this email to anyone who you think might help in raising awareness of the lack
of arts facilities in the Town of Clifton
Park.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thank
you.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Laura W. Andruski, Chair</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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