01 & 14 (43)Public Comment
From: ava c <
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 6:26 PM
To: Public Comment
Cc: Anaheim Ballet
Subject: Cooperative Agreement with Anaheim Ballet
Dear Mayor Sidhu and Council Members,
The arts are an important part of any community, and for more than 20 years, Anaheim Ballet has
been a valued arts force and presence in Anaheim. Anaheim Ballet provides free community-based
after-school programming, workforce, and recreational training, bus -in presentations,
lecture/demonstrations, and concert performances and has been recognized both locally and
internationally as a point of pride to the City.
The Anaheim Cultural Arts Center (the current home of the Anaheim Ballet) is slated to be
demolished without plans for a new Cultural Arts Center or home for the Anaheim Ballet. If the City
demolishes this architecturally unique building, you will be removing the only Cultural Arts Center in
the City and displacing the City's treasured arts organization. It is best for the community, and
especially for our underserved youth, that Anaheim Ballet remains in its current accessible location!
I am the mother of a wonderful girl who has been dancing at Anaheim Ballet for 15 years. My
daughter started in the youth outreach program, Step -Up!, and has gone on from there to become
both a beautiful dancer and an upstanding young woman. When we were strapped for cash, we
always knew that she would have a place to dance, and I could be self-assured, knowing that she
was safe and taken care of after school. Additionally, being at Anaheim Ballet taught her great
character traits like confidence, determination, and resilience that she has kept with her all her life.
Without Anaheim Ballet, she wouldn't be the person she is today. Anaheim Ballet is a great institution
that cares so much for the youth of Anaheim and has made me very grateful to live in this city.
Please vote in support of the Cooperative Agreement with Anaheim Ballet. Thank you for your
consideration.
Sincerely,
Ava Colella