Mon, 17 Feb 2006
CASTLE COMMUNIQUE
IN THIS COMMUNIQUE:
* The Castle on CNN.com
* We have to get 680 donations of $250 by 3/15
* Help Jack Evans get $500,000 for The Castle
* New and expanded tour schedule
(And please bear with us as we finish entering several
hundred names and addresses of donors so that we can send out "thank
you" letters...there's only one person working on this data entry, so
it's taking a little more time than we thought...but they're comin'!)
The Castle made the front page of CNN.com under travel!
With great thanks to Derrill Holly of Associated Press, here is a link to
a story that has reached publications throughout the country:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/02/27/brewmaster.castle.ap/index.html
The response to the crisis continues to be
extraordinary...as stated in the article, we now need to raise $170,000 by
15 March, the bank's extended deadline...which, BTW, is now only 680
people making $250 tax-deductible donations, down from 1,000...pretty
cool, and doable with your help!
"THE BREWMASTER'S CASTLE NOW NEEDS 680 PEOPLE TO
MAKE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS OF $250 BY MARCH 15!"
www.BrewmastersCastle.com
AND, we need your help to get hundreds of emails and
letters to the Mayor and Council members urging support and passage of
Jack Evans' request for $500,000 for The Castle in the FY'07 budget...(The
contact information is below.)
This is critical in that it represents 30% of the
Foundation's next goal of reducing the debt and its expense so The Castle
will be self-sustaining and so that a repeat of this kind of crisis can be
avoided...these emails and letters need to be RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 10
MARCH! (The contact information is below.)
PLEASE forward this email to as many folks as
possible...
THANK YOU! Friends of The Castle
HELP SECURE $500,000 FROM THE CITY TO
SAVE THE BREWMASTER'S CASTLE
(The contact information is below.)
Write the Mayor, the City Council Chair,
and all Council members to ask them to support Councilmember Evans'
request for a $500,000 line item for The Brewmaster's Castle in the
Mayor's FY'07 budget...this will be his last budget as Mayor, and thus
this is an excellent opportunity for him to add to the legacy of his
extraordinary contributions to the city.
The Advisory Neighborhood Commission for The Castle's
area (2B) has already unanimously voted a resolution of support for
Councilmember Evans' request.
FYI...The Castle hosted the Mayor's Annual Preservation Awards in October
2004, which the Mayor attended, and at which the Heurich House Foundation
received the Mayor's Award for Excellence in Stewardship.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SAVE THE BREWMASTER'S CASTLE?
* It is a Washington, D.C. Landmark on the National
Register of Historic Places, and the last remnant of an era when more than
20 brewers operated in the nation's capital.
* It was home to the largest employer of Germans and the
largest private landowner in early 20th century Washington, and to the
world's oldest brewer, Christian Heurich, who ran his brewery on the site
of the Kennedy Center until his death at 102.
* It was the first fireproof residence and smart house
in the nation's capital.
* It is the most intact late-Victorian house museum in the country.
* Its Victorian garden is a beloved oasis for day care centers and
downtown office workers, and the only one of its kind in the Dupont Circle
area.
* It is a popular Washington treasure...over 8,400 people visited The
Brewmaster's Castle last year, an increase of 134% over the previous
year...and already over 1,200 in the first 1-1/2 months of this year!
[If writing by email, please "cc" Jack Evans'
Chief of Staff (SGrant@DCCouncil.us) on each of your communications, and
please let Jack know that you appreciate his commitment to seek these
funds for The Castle...please also "cc" us by using Info@HeurichHouse.org]
MAYOR ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS, 202-727-2980
http://www.dc.gov/atd/atd_askthemayor.asp
DC CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS & THEIR CHIEFS OF STAFF
Linda W. Cropp, Chairman
Stephanie Reich, 202-724-8032, sreich@dccouncil.us
Carol Schwartz
John Abbot, 202-724-8105, jabbot@dccouncil.us
David Catania
Linda Bumbalo, 202-724-7772, lbumbalo@dccouncil.us
Phil Mendelson
Beverly Wheeler, 202-724-8064, brwheeler@dccouncil.us
Kwame R. Brown
Anita Bonds, 202-724-8174, abonds@dccouncil.us
Jim Graham
Ted Loza, 202-724-8181, tloza@dccouncil.us
Jack Evans
Schannette Grant, 202-724-8058, sgrant@dccouncil.us
Kathleen Patterson
Penny Pagano, 202-724-8062, ppagano@dccouncil.us
Adrian Fenty
Thorn Pozen, 202-724-8052, tpozen@dccouncil.us
Vincent Orange
Estelle Lloyd, 202-724-8028, elloyd@dccouncil.us
Sharon Ambrose
Marge Francese, 202-724-8072, mfrancese@dccouncil.us
Vincent C. Gray
Dawn Slonneger, 202-724-8068, dslonneger@dccouncil.us
Marion Barry
Linda Greene, 202-724-8045, lgreene@dccouncil.us
Snail Mail Address for the Mayor & Council Members:
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
[If writing by snail mail, please "cc" Jack
Evans at the above address, and please let him know you appreciate his
commitment to seek these funds for The Castle...please also "cc"
us at Friends of The Castle, 1307 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington,
DC, 20036]
AND DON'T FORGET OUR TRULY EXTRAORDINARY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS...ACHIEVED ONLY BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP!
IN 18 DAYS WE RAISED $79,578.65 FROM 1,290
DONATIONS
...1,048 of who came to The Castle for a tour or fundraiser (versus ~8,400
visitors in all of 2005!)
THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED A 30-DAY EXTENSION FROM THE BANK
...to 15 March to raise the remaining $170,000
OUR COUNCILMEMBER IS SEEKING $500,000 FROM THE CITY JUST
FOR THE CASTLE
...which if approved will represent ~30% of our next goal!
WE'VE ELEVATED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL THE VISIBILITY
AND AWARENESS OF THE CASTLE
...through a volume of press and other coverage never before enjoyed by
The Brewmaster's Castle
WE'VE ATTRACTED A WHOLE NEW CADRE OF VOLUNTEERS, ENGAGED
THE COMMUNITY TO HELP, AND EXPOSED THE CASTLE TO A SLEW OF FOLKS WHO HAD
NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE...easily at least 950 of the 1,048 were first-time
visitors
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE REGULAR PUBLIC ACCESS FROM 3
TOURS OVER 2 DAYS TO 11 TOURS OVER 5 DAYS
New schedule:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 11:30 & 1:00
Saturday - 11:30, 1:00, & 2:30
Sunday - 1:00 & 2:30
"First Friday Candlelight Tours" - 5:30-8:30 the first Friday of
each month
WE'VE ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF AND ARE MUCH BETTER
POSITIONED TO APPROACH POTENTIAL MAJOR DONORS
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