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• Heiberg <br /> Original Message <br /> From: Kaelynn Heiberg [mailto:kaelynncheiberg@gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:02 PM <br /> To:Adam Edwards<aedwards@ci.orono.mn.us> <br /> Cc: Long Lake Rowing<longlakerowing@gmail.com> <br /> Subject: Long Lake Rowing Crew Summit Park Project <br /> Hello Mr. Edwards and the Orono Parks Commission, <br /> My name is Kaelynn Heiberg and I am one of the coaches for Long Lake Rowing Crew. I wanted to help <br /> demonstrate to the Orono Parks Commission that Long Lake Rowing Crew is a community asset and that <br /> a boathouse in Summit Park will help this rowing crew continue to serve the Orono community. <br /> As a coach I have seen the difference that rowing can make to kids and adults alike. Long Lake Rowing <br /> Crew provides a safe space to learn a new skill,to make lifelong friendships and to gain confidence that <br /> can be taken from the boat into rowers' daily lives. Rowing is also a new way for people to enjoy a <br /> wonderful lake, like Long Lake, and to get exercise as well. Indoor rowing has been growing in popularity <br /> lately and as a rowing club we could help people translate that new interest in rowing to the outdoors, <br /> getting the workout they looked for in the indoor class,while being able to enjoy the beautiful lake and <br /> park. <br /> Rowing is also a skill that high school students can take to college. In recent years our high school <br /> program has seen successes that have gotten noticed nationwide,so that when our high schoolers visit <br /> • college rowing teams,the rowers and coaches recognize Long Lake Rowing Crew as a successful <br /> program, one that creates rowers who are assets to teams across the country. <br /> Long Lake rowers are encouraged to take part in community service projects,to come together as a <br /> team off the water, and to show appreciation for the community that supports us. Rowing is a great way <br /> to learn teamwork and leadership skills, and when we host community learn-to-row classes,we ask <br /> current rowers to help us coaches lead these classes.The classes give our rowers a chance to engage <br /> with new people and help teach the sport of rowing.The learn-to-row classes we offer through Orono <br /> Community Education are almost always full and usually have a waitlist, showing us that there is <br /> community interest in rowing already. A boathouse would help us continue to improve the quality of <br /> these classes and give us more options if the lake was windy or too rainy to row on. A boathouse would <br /> be a place indoors to hold the learn-to-row safely without making participants reschedule during the <br /> busy summer months. <br /> With a partnership between the Orono Parks Commission and Long Lake Rowing Crew,Summit Park <br /> would become a new place for people to try rowing and to enjoy the lake. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Kaelynn Heiberg <br />