Tomorrow night the Santa Fe City Council will consider an all-
important proposal to fund Santa Fe Complex. Here's the message I sent
to our subscribers to ask for their support. If you would like to join
this effort, please read on:
This Wednesday, December 10, the City Council will decide whether to
support the work of Santa Fe Complex. This important decision will
determine whether we can continue our efforts at Santa Fe Complex to
create a community studio building connections across art, science and
technology.
You Can Help
We've had tremendous community response to the complex since our grand
opening in June. You can show the councilors that support by coming to
the meeting on December 10 at 7:00 in the convention center at 201 W.
Marcy. Or, if you prefer, you can call or email your counselor with a
message of support for sfX. Better yet, you can do both. Click here to
find your counselor's contact information and see a map to the
convention center. Click here to forward this message to your friends.
Read on to learn more about the council's coming vote.
By Supporting Our Proposal to Build the Future
We are proposing a three-year economic & workforce development plan
that will provide up to $165,000 per year for the next three years to
Santa Fe Complex. (Technically, it's an economic development
professional services agreement under a request for innovative
business development projects that was issued by the city's Economic
Development Department last August.) Our proposal was reviewed by city
staff, which recommended its adoption to the Economic Development
Review Subcommittee. ERDC unanimously approved staff's proposal and
forwarded it to the Business & Quality of Life Committee, which also
unanimously supported sfX's proposal.
If the council adopts these recommendations and our porposal, we will
implement a three-part program focused on project-based business and
workforce development. It will include:
Collaborative workspaces to expand the business opportunities and
connections for Santa Fe's knowledge-based workers who frequently
operate as home-based businesses without broader partnerships;
Educational programs to expand the knowledge and skills of students
across all socioeconomic groups through interactive, project-based
internships and specialized classroom activities; and
Public forums and events to expand collaboration, community and
involvement in the scientific, artistic and public issues of our time.
While Protecting the City's Investment
We will make regular reports to the Economic Development Department on
specific performance measurements. If we don't deliver, we won't be
funded: An innovative but prudent approach to growing our economy
while ensuring the city is protected during the proposal's term.
And Uniting Santa Fe's Strengths
We can meet this goal because our proposal builds on Santa Fe's
strengths. As a community studio creating connections across art,
science and technology, we bring together the rich artistic and
scientific traditions of our area, creating a common space for their
practitioners to learn from each other.
We've had tremendous community response to this mission. Our mailing
list has grown to over 400 active subscribers; we've held 74 public
events through December 3 with an average attendance of 30, or almost
2200 attendees in total; we have three active youth mentorship
programs already underway in this school year, a mapping project to
create a youth map for Santa Fe, and a long list of additional
projects you can review on our website. Plus, we are proud to host
such popular and important programs as Cafe Scientifique, a youth-
driven science program, and the Q-Bios lecture series from Los Alamos
National Labs.
Through a Community Connecting the Worlds of Art and Science
We've done this with over 6,000 hours of volunteer labor and the
financial contributions of private donors and complex supporters.
That's not enough, however. Santa Fe Complex needs a baseline of
financial support for it to grow and achieve its mission. The current
economic crisis has slowed our fundraising and made the city's support
more important than ever.
As one of the volunteers at the complex, I've been humbled by the
support and enthusiasm our community has shown for our efforts. And,
I'm confident we'll get to continue our conversations about art,
science and technology for years to come.
So I want to thank you for supporting us this week and for the six
months we've been working together on our community studio. Please
come to the council meeting. Please call or email your councilor. And,
above all else, please continue to be part of our growing community of
Santa Fe Complex supporters.
Sincerely,
Don Begley
Santa Fe Complex
P.S. Remember, click here to find your counselor's contact information
and see a map to the convention center. See you Wednesday at 7:00pm.
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