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Tonikian, Victoria
From:CityClerk
Sent:Monday, October 21, 2019 11:05 AM
To:JERRY CHIRPICH
Cc:Betz, Ryan
Subject:RE: SLOREP Theatre
Dear Mr. Chirpich,
Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this topic. This is a topic is tentatively scheduled to
be heard before the City Council on November 5, 2019. Your correspondence has been provided directly to
them.
If you have any questions, please contact the Administration Department at (805) 781-7589.
Sincerely,
Victoria Tonikian
Administrative Assistant II
City Administration
City Clerk's Office
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
E vtonikia@slocity.org
T 805.781.7105
slocity.org
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From: JERRY CHIRPICH <
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 8:55 AM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Subject: SLOREP Theatre
Subject: Please approve SLO REP Theatre Project
I am writing to urge you to approve San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre’s plans for its new theatre. I have been on the
theatre’s board of directors for ten years. I have seen it evolve from a delightful, amateur community theatre to a
serious professional organization with the potential to be of enormous cultural and economic benefit to San Luis Obispo
and our wider central coast community.
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The new theatre as designed and planned will:
Enable more members of the community to experience real, live theatre—the kind of theatre that can “open the
mind, nourish the soul and illuminate our shared humanity.”
Be an attractive and iconic addition to the arts and cultural core.
Expand the range and scope of plays that can be offered by utilizing both the 200 seat main theatre and the
smaller “black box” theatre.
Allow more local youth to take advantage of SLO REP’s Academy of Creative Theatre program, and make
possible a new outreach program for local schools.
Draw local people and tourists alike to our downtown who will eat, drink, shop, and stay at our hotels.
Provide additional jobs for local residents in many capacities.
Thank you for your consideration, and I hope you will vote to approve this project.
Sincerely,
Jerry Chirpich
SLOREP board member
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