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MUSEUM'S FUTURE, how we've grown & where we're going - The Children's Museum of History, Science & Technology is proud of its growth over the past nearly decade as an enjoyable facility for our children and families, as well as a premiere tourist attraction, and an educational resource. Permanently Chartered by NYS Board of Regents, the Children’s Museum Curriculum Enrichment Exhibits and Programs meet NYS Learning Standards in the Arts, SS, & MST. We'd like to share with you our outlook for the future and ongoing efforts to ensure that your Museum can move forward in the most prosperous way possible. The Museum is grateful for the support it has received from the community. We have been in discussions regards our request to be added to the budgets of both the City of Utica and the County of Oneida for modest contributions which will enable us to lower costs for the City of Utica and the County of Oneida residents and school districts. We've also requested funding in 2010 from a CDBG grant and United Way (when folks express surprise that we don't already receive this funding and ask us why, we reply that the original founders, some nearly 50 years ago, never expected us to grow as we have! The Children's Museum Director and board members attended with 2009 City Council meetings (held at 7:00pm in the 1st floor Common Council Chambers at City Hall, 1 Kennedy Plaza, Utica). We also attended 2009 meetings at the Oneida County Board of Legislator's meeting (2:00pm on September 16th, 2009 at 2:00pm in the Russell Williams Chamber on the 10th floor of the County Office Building at 800 Park Ave., Utica). Download request to Board of Legislators. Download request to Common Council. Download Followup letter sent to the Utica Common Council and Mayor Roefaro in early November. Download Followup letter sent to the OC Bd of Legislators & Co Executive Anthony Picente. We are asking the community to lend its voice in support to the Mayor, your City Council representatives, and to the County Executive and your Board of Legislature representatives. Please let them know, whether it be by phone, letter or e-mail, that you value what your museum brings to the community, and encourage them to see to it that they commit to keeping the museum alive for the future. Below is information for contacting each of them, along with some sample letters to get you started in letting your voice be heard. Sample
letters to City of Utica Common Council Members:
Sample letters to County Board of Legislators: Child Sample letter.doc /.pdf * Adult Resident Sample letter.doc /.pdf * Business Owner Sample Letter.doc /.pdf Click here to get your City of Utica district Council representative's names: City of Utica Common Council Members Click on your County's link to get your Board of Legislator representative's names: Oneida County email & postal addresses * Herkimer County email addresses / postal addresses * Madison County postal addresses *
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