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Keep Ramsey Clean Committee An Affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 (612)427.1410 March 28, 1991 Dear Public Relations Department: The City of Ramsey is a rural & suburban mixed community located northwest of the Twin City metropolitan area in Anoka County. Our current population is approximately 13,000. The Keep Ramsey Clean Committee, affiliated with the National Keep America Beautiful organization, is the only certified Keep America Beautiful community in the State of Minnesota. We were certified in 1988 and established as our goals litter reduction, recycling, and improvement of the quality of life in our city. To this purpose our Committee is formulating plans for an Environmental Expo to be held on Saturday, April 27. The Expo will offer the citizens of Ramsey a chance to increase their knowledge about topics pertinent to the issues of energy conservation, environmental concerns, and recycling. The format of the day will be as follows: 1. 25 booths have been made available to various organizations, businesses, and individuals to provide information and educational materials to our citizens on a variety of topics. There will be no charge for these booths as we feel that some of the very information sources we desired to attract would find any cost prohibitive. 2. Four (4) roundtable discussion groups have been scheduled dealing with the following topics: woods/prairie ecology, composting & gardening, wells & septic tanks, and recycling do's and donut's. Each of these discussions will address pertinent concerns and then be open for questions from attendees. We have encouraged members of our City Council to be present at each of these discussions. 3. To encourage all residents to attend we are providing some type of children's programs so parents will be able to glean as much information as possible without distraction or interruption. Because we did not want to discourage any participation by either exhibitors or attendees, we are not charging any fees. Although this concept seems to be a good one, we have found that we must seek outside donors to help defray the cost's of this event. Estimated costs for the entire event are currently $3900.00. To date we have received $350.00 in monetary donations and a number of goods for - door prizes. It is very evident that we have a long way to go to attain our goal. We are well aware of your company's commitment to environmental issues and concerns. Would your company be willing to provide some financial support for this event? We have various big ticket items which need financing as well as many miscella- neous costs. Minnesota's First Keep America Beautiful Community