HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0338.026 1998-2000 County Council Representatives
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It has come to my/our attention that Mayor Yamashiro has advised the Board of y~t'vG//
Directors of the East Hawaii Cultural Council that he is entertaining plans that
would preclude the renewal of the lease that that they currently hold on the Old
Police Station building when it terminates on December 31, 2000.
Over the years the Cultural Center building has hosted up to 15,000 visitors per
year to the galleries and workshops housed therein; in addition to providing a
home for the Hilo Community Players and the Big Island Dance Council and their
individual events.
I/we strongly object to the displacement of this organization. As our Council
Representative, please give serious consideration to the contribution this
organization has made to the community. They have completely renovated and
made use of a building that was once slated for destruction and provided a home
for the arts in our town.
Personal Testimony:
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Location does not make a house a home. The heart of EHCC resides in a
beautiful, historic building that has become its home. Transplanting a heart
against its will is unwise. Cultural differences aside, it is widely understood
that harmony and good-will are created and sustained by your surroundings.
The energy and love poured into that old building can never be rerlaced ar_d
will be lost if displaced. Yes, they could start over again somewhere else. But
why? Why lose the memories, the history, the beauty that has been created
from love, from sweat and tears, from art?. A work of art uses its surrounding
space as part of the composition. What work of art was ever created that did
not take this into consideration? The EHCC is a work of art itself. Look at it,
really look at it. It is beautiful, it is timeless, it is art. Do not destroy this work
of art by removing its heart.
Sincerely,
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Judy Spain-/
Keaau,BHI 96749 No. • ~u
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