Support Needed for FONSS Legislative Request
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Time is short! FONSS needs your support! FONSS has applied for a $110,000 grant money from the Alaska Legislature for critical repairs to the Launch Control and Missile Maintenance Buildings. Since 2011 FONSS volunteers have spent thousands of hours residing, repainting, abating, and repairing these buildings. The final and most critcal part of this effort are the roofs, which are beyond the abilities or expertise of our volunteers and must be hired out. We are told that funds will be very tight this year due to declining oil revenue and other demands for state money.
You can help by sending a message to the legislators below and asking them to support our funding request.
You can help by sending a message to the legislators below and asking them to support our funding request.
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Senator Kevin Meyer
Email: Senator.Keven.Meyer@akleg.gov State Capitol Room 518 Juneau, AK 99801 Phone: 907-465-4945 Fax: 907-465-3476 |
Representative Bill Stoltze
Email: Representative.Bill.Stoltze@akleg.gov State Capitol Room 515 Juneau, AK 99801 Phone: 907-465-4958 Fax: 907-465-4928 |
You can find contact information on other senators and representatives at: http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/index.php and then going to "House" or "Senate." We are also interested in reaching Rep. Lindsey Holmes, Sen. Anna Fairclough, Rep. Mia Costello, Sen. Fred Dyson and Rep. Dan Saddler. If you live in their district, please note that fact in your message. Sample
wording is provided below, but please personalize your message. It is important that you say why preservation of Site Summit is important to you.
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Please support funding for the Alaska Association of Historic Preservation and Friends of Nike Site Summit (FONSS). We have made tremendous strides in preserving the Nike Site at Arctic Valley and turning it into a visitor destination. Last year
we had our first ever public tours, and they were a huge success. We have seven tours scheduled for this summer -beginning with an evening tour on Summer Solstice, Friday, June 21st.
FONSS is also working with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and the Lieutenant Governor's office to plan a Nike Site Summit commemorative event and Cold War Symposium for the fall of 2014. We are working to secure Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushcev and a professor at Brown University, as our keynote speaker.
<<mention your role as a vet and/or as a volunteer >>
Grant funding this year will help us finish stabilizing the buildings FONSS is responsible for, and enable us to focus on showcasing this unique part of Alaska and Cold War history.
Thank you,
(your name and address)
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wording is provided below, but please personalize your message. It is important that you say why preservation of Site Summit is important to you.
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Please support funding for the Alaska Association of Historic Preservation and Friends of Nike Site Summit (FONSS). We have made tremendous strides in preserving the Nike Site at Arctic Valley and turning it into a visitor destination. Last year
we had our first ever public tours, and they were a huge success. We have seven tours scheduled for this summer -beginning with an evening tour on Summer Solstice, Friday, June 21st.
FONSS is also working with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and the Lieutenant Governor's office to plan a Nike Site Summit commemorative event and Cold War Symposium for the fall of 2014. We are working to secure Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushcev and a professor at Brown University, as our keynote speaker.
<<mention your role as a vet and/or as a volunteer >>
Grant funding this year will help us finish stabilizing the buildings FONSS is responsible for, and enable us to focus on showcasing this unique part of Alaska and Cold War history.
Thank you,
(your name and address)
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Nike Site Summit Preservation News
Gearing up for Summer 2013!
There is snow on the ground and its cold out but summer will be upon us before we know it! The Tour and Project Committees will soon be meeting to plan the summer's activies at Site Summit. This year promises to be a very busy year for FONSS with seven tours planned and continuing preservation work. Volunteers will be needed to help organize and conduct tours, and help with preservation work. If you are interested in volunteering please contact us. Volunteer workshops will be held soon and all onsite volunteers must attend. If you are interested in joining a committee please let us know and we will get back to you with times and locations of meetings. Please check for more information in the coming weeks.
