01 & 14 (110)Public Comment
From:
Marina Reed <
Sent:
Saturday, April 24, 2021 5:07 PM
To:
Public Comment
Cc:
Anaheim Ballet
Subject:
Anaheim Ballet and the community
Dear Mayor Sidhu and Council Members,
I thank you in advance to taking your time to read this letter. The arts are an important part of my family's life and/or
any community, especially in today's unprecedented time.
I wanted to speak on behalf of Anahaim Ballet, which has been home for my family for many years (both my
daughters have grown up there). I cannot express enough what an amazing influence this center has been for my
girls. And I'm very grateful that they had and hopefully still will have this amazing place to call their second home.
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! It a safe location where our kids can come and be taught not only the amazing art of
dance but engage in healthy friendships and feel safe as well as be involved in the arts that inspire them to be a
valuable addition to the society. Our kids need more centers like these that they can come to after school and learn
how to put their energy for good of the community. My older daughter learned to serve the community in variety
different ways through art as well as through just making herself available for community events, as result she grew
up as a valuable member of the society.
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. This center is irreplaceable, in my opinion.
Please vote in support of the Cooperative Agreement with Anaheim Ballet. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
The Reed family