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Ill historic Excelsior <br />AREA CHAMSR OF COMMEhCX <br />May 9, 1994 <br />RECc <br />mm 1 ^ <br />CnY OF OBO^ C <br />OnHic shorn of Lake Minnetonka <br />Mayor & Council Members <br />City of Orono <br />For more than one hundred years Excelsior has been home to a <br />festive Fourth of July fireworks display. Today Excelsior is <br />the last remaining community on liSke Minnetonka to carry on <br />this old time tradition. Every year, thousands of people enjoy <br />this special display. In fact, the event is more popular than <br />ever, drawing friends and families from all the surrounding <br />communities, including Orono. We welcome our friends from <br />around the Lake and wish to continue this festive tradition for <br />many years to come, yet sadly, we are faced with the <br />possibility of permanently canceling the display due to lack of <br />financial support. <br />We are asking for the support of our neighbors to help keep <br />t lis wonderful family tradition alive. Until this year, the <br />ainual fireworks display has been funded soley by the Excelsior <br />Chamber of Commerce and its member businesses. Faced with <br />rising costs to put on the event, including police services, <br />lake use permits, trash and sanitation services; as well as <br />heavy competitition from other worthwile causes for sponsorship <br />dollars, our generous neighborhood businesses are virtually <br />tapped out. Rather than canceling this wonderful tradition <br />that is shared by so many families across Lake Minnetonka, we <br />have decided to go outside our usual list of contributors and <br />ask support of the communities that enjoy the annual <br />festivities. <br />In order to save the event we need the financial support of <br />those who would like to see this long-standing tradition <br />continue. So far, the cities of Excelsior, Greenwood, <br />Shorewood, and Tonka Bay have generously contributed funds to <br />keep the fireworks display alive. I hope that you will decide <br />to contribute as well. We need your help to make this and <br />future Fourth of July celebrations safe and festive for our <br />communities. <br />POST OFFICE BOX 32 • EXCELSIOR. MINNESOTA 55331 • PHONE 16121 474-6461