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Delgado, Adriana
Richard Luckett <slomorgan@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Wednesday, February
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Cc:Kevin Harris
Subject:SLO REP- Agenda Item 6a
Attachments:SLO REP Steering Committee 2.9.22.pdf
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Good afternoon,
As the co-chairs of SLO REP’s Capital Campaign, we are pleased to submit the attached CAPITAL
CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE petition letter in support of SLO REP’s Challenge Grant Request
(Agenda Item 6a) for consideration at the February 15, 2022 meeting.
Please let me know if you have any difficulty opening the attachment.
Sincerely,
Catherine and Richard Luckett
SLO REP Capital Campaign Co-Chairs
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San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
Capital Campaign Steering Committee
February 9, 2022
Honorable Mayor Stewart
and Councilmembers Christianson, Marx, Pease and Shoresman:
As members of the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre Capital Campaign Steering
Committee, we wholeheartedly encourage you to approve SLO REP’s request for a
Challenge Grant to help complete the long-envisioned SLO REP/Cultural Arts Parking
Structure project.
Our committee of SLO REP supporters represents a diverse constituency of community
stakeholders – business people, civic leaders, arts professionals and other engaged citizens
– who are committed to the vision of bringing a new professional theatre venue to the
downtown core.
Our belief in the value of the community’s long-envisioned Cultural Corridor, and the
important role that a new SLO REP Theatre should play in making that vision a reality, has
inspired our work.
We are at a pivotal moment in the life of this project. Six months ago, candidly, we were
stumped. In September, when this committee learned that the costs of the original design
we had been raising money for had soared from about $8 million to $18 million, we feared
we might have to abandon the project.
• For the City: A new City-owned building funded primarily by private donors that will
draw 50,000 theatregoers to the downtown core each year, generating more than $3
million in new revenue to the region annually.
• For SLO REP: After 75 years, a permanent, purpose-built downtown venue and
the ability to exponentially expand its Academy for Creative Theatre educational
programming and DEI outreach over the next several years.
•
Cultural Corridor, a testament to the community’s vision and forward-thinking
priorities, which will serve generations to come.
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
Capital Campaign Steering Committee
downtown theatre.
our community’s social, economic and cultural center.
For all these reasons, we strongly encourage your approval of the SLO REP grant request.
We look forward to welcoming you on opening night!
Sincerely,
John Dunn (Avila Beach) Ann Robinson (San Luis Obispo)
Former City Manager: San Luis Obispo, Board of Trustees, Land Conservancy of
Seaside, Monterey San Luis Obispo County; computer scientist*
Steven B. Jobst, MD (Shell Beach) Michael Simkins (Los Osos)
Physician*, Founder Central Coast SLO REP Board Past-President; educational
Pathology
elementary school principal*
Catherine Luckett (San Luis Obispo)
Capital Campaign Chair, speech pathologist* Chip Visci (Shell Beach)
Communications Strategist, Journalist,
Richard Luckett (San Luis Obispo)Editor/publisher*
Capital Campaign Chair, nuclear engineer*
Tim Williams (San Luis Obispo)
Hamish Marshall (San Luis Obispo) CEO and founder of Digital West (now
Principal Partner, WestPac Companies; Astound Business Solutions), Board of
Founder AuzCo DevelopmentDirectors Cuesta College Foundation,
Economic Vitality Corporation, Transitions-
Pamela Nichter (Harmony) Mental Health Association, Central Coast
SLO REP Board President, Investment Special Olympics; Pilot
Management professional*
Ron Regier (Nipomo)
Former Manager Director Performing Arts
Center, San Luis Obispo
*retired