Dear Friends, (Please forward this email to Potential Supporters)
I want to thank all of your for your support and inspiration. We have
formed a formal action committee, which you can still join, to
achieve safer and quieter railroad crossings by Dec. 2007. It
includes a non profit subsidiary called the Fairfield Train Safety
and Quiet Zone. Based on private conversations and individual
meetings with City Council members, we strongly believe that if we
can raise the funds to pay for crossing improvements, that we can
achieve our goal. This goal is to have safer crossings without the
need for loud train horns before the civic center is completed later
this year.
To begin we need to raise between $50,000 and $60,000 by May 30th,
2007. This amount is about half of the estimated cost of the
required improvements. Then we will appear again before the City
Council with initial funds in hand, letters of support from civic
groups, and additional scientific documentation to receive full
approval for a quiet zone. The Local BNSF representative says the
Railroad is now 100% behind creating this Quiet Zone because quiet
zone crossings have been found to be much safer crossings! Now this
is an issue every resident can now agree upon.
We have about 400 people on our e-mail list of supporters. If
everyone gives a minimum of $125 we can achieve our first benchmark.
We do count on larger donations to help with the balance to complete
the project this year. It is important for this be a grass roots fund
raising effort to clearly demonstrate overwhelming support for safer
and quieter crossings. Every donation no matter how much makes a big
difference. With your help we will soon have a safe Quiet Zone!
All money donated will go into a special savings account at Iowa
State Bank. Withdrawals require multiple signatures from Fairfield
Safety and Quiet Zone board members. No expenses other than crossing
improvements will be paid out of money collected.
Send Your Tax Deductible
Contribution to:
Fairfield Train Safety & Quiet Zone
PO Box 2302, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Make your check out to ALF Fairfield Train Safety and Quiet Zone
641-919-1118
<http://www.fairfieldquietzone.org/>www.fairfieldquietzone.org
Please forward this email to everyone you believe would support this
important project.
Thanks,
Bill Blackmore
