20/20 Cold Spring Vision Team

June 20, 2005

Grants Committee
Initiative Foundation
405 1st Street SE
Little Falls, MN 56345

Dear Grants Committee Members,

The City of Cold Spring submits the attached grant application on behalf of the Cold Spring 20/20 Vision Team. The request is for $10,000 (or more at the Initiative Foundation’s discretion and generosity) to provide funding for seven projects within the Cold Spring community.

We believe this request is consistent with the Initiative Foundation’s grant guidelines and we sincerely hope you will approve our application at your earliest convenience. Many of the projects require the summer months for construction, so timing is very important.

Each of the seven projects are explained individually in the grant application narrative. However, per Dan Frank’s recommendation after our pre-grant inquiry, a combined project budget has been developed. Individual action plans have all been completed, with the exception of the Land Use project. That information was unavailable at the current time; however, a detailed Land Use action plan will be forwarded to you as soon as possible.

An extract of the 6/14/05 Cold Spring City council meeting minutes (authorizing this grant request) will be forwarded in the next few days, along with an original signed copy, an additional copy of the application and letters of support. We apologize for sending our application via email but it appeared to be the most expedient way to get our application to you in time for your grants review meeting today (6/20/05). An additional copy has also been faxed as a backup to our email transmission.

Please feel free to contact either of us if you need additional clarification. We look forward to hearing from you regarding the status of our request.

Thank you in advance for your consideration of our application.

Sincerely,



Larry J. Lahr
Cold Spring City Administrator
(320) 685-3653

Nadine Schnettler
20/20 Grants Committee
(320) 597-3201

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