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accepting contributions. The new marquee will not only echo the original look of the building, <br />but will be a marketing tool as well. The Palms is also planning new signage - a vertical Palais <br />sign that will bring added attention to this fine facility. The Palais hosted 91 events in 2004! <br />From weddings to fundraisers, fashion shows to ballroom dancing, the Palais is the class place to <br />be. Recently, it was the site for a community celebration of the 160` anniversary of St. Mary's <br />College and the installation of Carol Ann Mooney as its 11~' president. We axe grateful for the <br />renewed sense of partnership with the St. Mary's community. <br />Jon Hunt Plaza in front of the Morris is a great gathering spot. <br />From Fridays by the Fountain to Santa's arrival downtown and <br />lighting the Christmas tree, many memories are being created here. <br />Improvements to the Jon Hunt plaza include relocating Violin Woman, <br />new lights and decorative concrete, and a landscaping "makeover". <br />This is a great public space honoring a great public servant. <br />ArtsEverywhere <br />With the success of the Morris, with the enthusiasm for ArtBeat, with the energy that is <br />generated by the arts community, we see the vitality that a commitment to arts can create. The <br />Fire Arts studio on East Colfax is a new home for a group of local artists. It builds on other <br />artistic ventures and reinforces downtown as the center of creativity for our region. There is a <br />new initiative that can take all this activity to a higher level. The Community Foundation has <br />launched a $6 million drive to increase local <br />resources for the arts. These new resources will be <br />used to expand the duality, variety, and accessibility <br />of arts opportunities throughout St. Joseph County. <br />The ArtsEverywhere Fund will nurture not only the <br />coxnarnunity's cultural vitality but its economic vitality <br />as well. Richard Florida suggests that our ability to <br />thrive may be proportional to our wiIlingness to foster a creative, diverse, culturally rich <br />coraznunity. The arts are central to this effort. During our capital budget deliberations I will <br />propose that the City make a pledge to support this fiend. We have been strong supporters of the <br />arts through our subsidy for the Morris and the Museum of Art, the Studebaker Museum and <br />A-35 <br />