Hi Quarry Lake and SPLWSA Members --

Our long term vision for Quarry Lake is to create a multiple-use recreation and conservation park, including trails, plantings, picnic shelters, tables, benches, grills, trash receptacles, etc. The general public would have access to the land around the park, and SPLWSA would retain exclusive use of the water surface during the summer season, inlcuding rights we have now, and adding rights to host Ski Shows, tournaments, and other events to which the public may be invited. City park development dollars will fund much of the project, but SPLWSA is obligated to raise a significant portion of the needed funds as well, both for itself and on behalf of the City. For more information on our vision, please see the Concept Design under Quarry Lake Information in the Downloads section of this Members web-site. [link]

Right now SPLWSA is focusing on raising funds to make our vision reality, and waiting for the park project to rise higher on the City's priority list. Our status as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization makes donations to SPLWSA tax-deductible up to IRS limits.

You may remember that in 2008 SPLWSA was successful in gaining a $10,000 matching pledge from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), restricted toward public improvements at Quarry Lake. This grant was in the form of a $10,000 pledge to be fulfilled as soon as SPLWSA could raise a second matching $10,000 amount in donations. The purpose of this memo is to inform you that we met this goal.

During December, 2008, we held a Capital Campaign to raise funds to match this $10,000 pledge. We raised $6800 during that campaign.

This spring, SPLWSA applied for and received a $5,000 grant from the Xcel Energy Foundation. SPLWSA received this grant at the July 7 Shakopee City Council Meeting. This grant from Xcel Energy put us over the top.

So in sum we have received $6800 from members and other individual donors, $5,000 from the Xcel Energy Foundation, and $10,000 from the SMSC, for a total of $21,800 restricted for public improvements at Quarry Lake.

Thank you very much to all SPLWSA Members who donated during our 2008 Quarry Lake Capital Campaign. We are also grateful both to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Xcel Energy for their generous support.

This means SPLWSA has now raised a total of approximately $50,000 for Quarry Lake on our own behalf. In addition, SPLWSA has raised approximately $220,000 on behalf of the City for the Quarry Lake Project.

Thanks again to all our donors.

-- John Davis
Quarry Lake Coordinator
SPLWSA

[Submitted by quarrylake1]