E.B. Lyons Interpretive Expansion UpdateOffice of the Mayor
City Hall
50 West 13`h St.
Dubuque, IA 52001
8991 Bellevue Hts.
Dubuque, IA 52003-9214
(563) 556.0620
Dear Mayor Buol and City Council Members:
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On behalf of the Friends of the Mines of Spain, I wanted to give you an update on
our Building Project. As you know, we are in the midst of a fund raising project to add
an Expansion to the EB Lyons Interpretive Center.
The City Council has generously supported the project with a $30,000 grant. We
are greatly appreciative of that donation. It has moved us closer to our goal and has
allowed us to leverage other granting opportunities; most significantly and recently a
CAT (Community Attraction and Tourism) grant that we have submitted within the
last two weeks.
We have to date raised over $1,200,000 in cash, pledges and In kind donations
directly toward the project. The most current cost estimate is about $1,800,000. We
are hopeful that we will be wrapping up our fund raising efforts within the near future.
Again, thank you very much for your support of the project; it has helped us
immensely.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions, suggestions or comments:
750 Tanglewood Court 563-557-8188 (home) dougolk@hotmail.com
Dubuque, IA 52003 563-584-3440 (work)
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Douglas G. Olk, M.D.
President, Board of Directors
Friends of the Mines of Spain
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