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QA^Gstonfca ^nie/tmiion ^/toject <br />November 3.1994 <br />Mayor Edward J. Callahan Jr. <br />City of Orono <br />P.O. Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay, MN 55323 <br />NOV i7 am <br />• ■ <br />Dear Mayor: <br />We are pleased to be able to share with you that Westonka Intervemion Prpjea, Inc. has just been <br />awarded Two-Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($210,000.00) from the Minnesota Housing <br />Finance Agency ’s Transitional Housing Program. This grant/award was based on the application <br />and proposal submitted by us on August 25th, 1994 for the property located at 2380 Shadywood <br />Road, Orono. A copy of the letter of confirmation is attached. <br />With thi* grant, together with the One-Hundred Ten Thousand ($110,000.00) that the <br />Conservative Baptist Church of America is willing to cany on that property, affords us the <br />opportunity not only to purchase the property but do all the renovation necessary to conven the <br />church into a shelter. We also have had other organizations within the community come forward <br />and make anmial financial pledges to cover any expenses that may not be covered by our <br />approved budget or block gram fiinding from the communities we now serve and will serve in the <br />near future. <br />This is great news for our organization, but we do realize that this will only be possible if the <br />citizens of Orono and their representatives approve an amendment for re-zoning for our project. <br />We are looking forward to working with your committee of Planning Commission and Council <br />selected to study a proposed amendment. Thank you for your imerest in our project and if you <br />have any questions please do not hesitate to call. <br />Sincerely yours. <br />f/^c _ <br />Val and Dan Hessburg <br />472-2141 • PO. BOX 34 • i.!^UND. MINNESOTA 55364