June 15, 2010

Mike Amyx, Mayor

City of Lawrence

6 East Sixth Street

P.O. Box 708

Lawrence, KS 66044-2268

Scott Morgan, President, School Board

Lawrence School District

110 McDonald Drive

Lawrence, KS 66044-1063

Nancy Thellman, Chairperson

Douglas County, Kansas

1100 Massachusetts Street

Lawrence, KS  66044

Re:  Outside for a Better Inside/City and School District Land

Dear Community Leaders:

On March 30, 2010, I wrote to you on behalf of Outside for a Better Inside whose goal is to help reconnect children with nature and the outdoors.  We believe that children who play creatively outside will be happier, healthier and smarter citizens.

In that letter we indicated our interest in assisting in a community study of the land highlighted on the attached location map.  Our big dream would be that this land becomes a “state of the art” wellness campus for our community.  We were not then and are not now asking for any funds from the City, County or School District. 

We are requesting that you place us on your individual agendas at the earliest convenient date.  We would like to pursue with the community the establishment of a pond and walking trail on the property at no cost to the taxpayer.  We believe that there are federal government programs and foundations that will have interest in assisting our community for these types of uses.

Please share a copy of this letter with your administrators and I will call each of them to schedule a time to discuss this idea further.  Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,

John McGrew

On behalf of Advocates of “Outside for a Better Inside”