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FHL
NEWSLETTER
February 4, 2004
LETTERS
NEEDED NOW: HELP
THE HIGH LINE SECURE FEDERAL FUNDS TO ASSURE ITS FUTURE
Please help us secure the High Line's future right now. We
need you to write
letters
to Senators
Schumer
and
Clinton
and
Representative Nadler requesting federal funds (instructions and sample
text provided below).
Congress
is now negotiating the reauthorization of the TEA 21 transportation
bill—one of the biggest public funding sources
for projects like the High Line.
These bills are negotiated
only once every six years. We won't have another chance
like this until 2010. A major funding allocation will help
secure the High Line's future.
Please write letters to Senator Schumer,
Senator Clinton, and Representative Nadler asking that they
dedicate as much
funding as possible to the High Line as a "High
Priority Project".
We've made it easy for you.
Instructions and sample
text are included in this newsletter.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LETTERS
| 1. |
Copy
our sample text for three (3) letters (one to Senator
Schumer, one to Senator Clinton, and one to Representative
Nadler)
and print on your business or personal letterhead.
Please feel free to adjust the sample text or personalize. |
| 2. |
Mail
letters to: Friends of the High Line, 430 West 14th
Street, Suite 304, New York, NY 10014. Please do
not send to the offices of elected officials. We
will gather the letters together for an impressive
group presentation. |
| 3. |
Please
mail us your letters by Wednesday, February 11 (one
week from today). We need to receive them in our office
by Monday, February 16. |
| 4. |
Questions?
E-mail Olivia Stinson at olivia@thehighline.org
or call
(212) 206-9922 x108. |
SAMPLE TEXT FOR LETTERS
Below, please find sample text for three (3) separate
letters (to Senator Schumer, Senator Clinton, and Representative
Nadler). You can
copy and paste text directly from this FHL newsletter and
print on your letterhead. Or you can work from the Microsoft
Word
sample
letters and the PDF sample letters we have provided (see bottom
of each letter to download the PDF or MS Word files).
February 16, 2004
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
United States Senate
313 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Re: High Line Funding in TEA 21 Reauthorization
Dear Senator
Schumer,
Thank you for your successful request to include $500,000
for the High Line's reuse in the 2004 Transportation
Appropriations Bill. These funds will be integral to the
revitalization of one of New York's most precious transportation
assets, creating an open space of great beauty that will
enrich New Yorkers' lives for decades to come.
Your
support in the next few months is crucial to making the High
Line project become a reality. The reauthorization
of TEA 21 can bring such momentum to the project that the
structure's future role as a transportation option,
an innovative open space, and economic engine for New York
City will be assured.
We respectfully urge you to dedicate
as much funding as possible to the High Line when High Priority
Projects are
added to the Senate Bill.
The High Line faces a window of
real opportunity—but
the window won't remain open forever. A major funding
allocation in the TEA 21 reauthorization will ensure the
success of this pioneering initiative. It is essential
that we work together to bring momentum and inevitability
to the
project now, when the will of elected officials is galvanized
behind it.
Thank you for your consideration and the support
you've
given to the High Line to date.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME HERE
WORD DOCUMENT
PDF FILE
February 16, 2004
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Senate
476 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Re: High Line Funding in TEA 21 Reauthorization
Dear Senator
Clinton,
Thank you for your successful request to include $500,000
for the High Line's reuse in the 2004 Transportation
Appropriations Bill. These funds will be integral to the
revitalization of one of New York's most precious transportation
assets, creating an open space of great beauty that will
enrich New Yorkers' lives for decades to come.
Your
support in the next few months is crucial to making the High
Line project become a reality. The reauthorization
of TEA 21 can bring such momentum to the project that the
structure's future role as a transportation option,
an innovative open space, and economic engine for New York
City will be assured.
We respectfully urge you to dedicate
as much funding as possible to the High Line when High Priority
Projects are
added to the Senate Bill.
The High Line faces a window of
real opportunity—but
the window won't remain open forever. A major funding
allocation in the TEA 21 reauthorization will ensure the
success of this pioneering initiative. It is essential that
we work together to bring momentum and inevitability to the
project now, when the will of elected officials is galvanized
behind it.
Thank you for your consideration and the support
you've
given to the High Line to date.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME HERE
WORD DOCUMENT
PDF FILE
February 16, 2004
The Honorable Jerrold Nadler
Representative, New York's 8th Congressional District
2334 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Re: High Line Funding in TEA 21 Reauthorization
Dear Representative
Nadler,
Thank you for your successful request to include $500,000
for the High Line's reuse in the 2004 Transportation
Appropriations Bill. These funds will be integral to the
revitalization of one of New York's most precious transportation
assets, creating an open space of great beauty that will
enrich New Yorkers' lives for decades to come.
You've been a visionary champion of the High Line
initiative ever since it began. For that, New Yorkers will
always be grateful. But we've reached a crucial moment.
The support you show right now will be what makes the High
Line project become a reality. The reauthorization of TEA
21 can bring such momentum to the project that the structure's
future role as a transportation option, an innovative open
space, and economic engine for New York City will be assured.
We
respectfully urge you to dedicate as much funding as possible
to the High Line from your allocation for High Priority
Projects.
The High Line faces a window of real opportunity—but
the window won't remain open forever. A major funding
allocation in the TEA 21 reauthorization will ensure the
success of this pioneering initiative. It is essential that
we work together to bring momentum and inevitability to the
project now, when the will of elected officials is galvanized
behind it.
Thank you for your consideration and the support
you've
given to the High Line over the years.
Sincerely,
YOUR NAME HERE
WORD DOCUMENT
PDF FILE
THANKS
TO SENATORS SCHUMER AND CLINTON AND REPRESENTATIVE NADLER FOR
2004 APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING
Friends
of the High Line would like to thank Senators Charles Schumer
and Hillary
Rodham Clinton and Representative Jerrold
Nadler for their successful request to include $500,000 for
the High Line's reuse in the Transportation Appropriations
Bill for Fiscal Year 2004. The Transportation Appropriations
Bill passed Congress as part of a much larger spending bill
on January 23. FHL is very grateful for the support our elected
leaders have shown for the High Line project. We hope you
will join us in thanking them.
DONATE
TO FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE
Though
the future of the High Line looks much brighter now that the
City of New York stands firmly behind efforts to create a great
new public space on the structure, we still face many legal
and financial challenges. By making an online donation, you
will become part of an ever-growing group of supporters and
will be invited to every major Friends of the High Line public
event.
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New York, NY 10014
(212) 206-9922
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