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To: The Roseland Women's Club RE: The Historic Roseland Con-unmiity Center I attend a weekly yoga class at the Roseland Community Center. In addition; I have close friends who livetin Roseland, so I pass by the Center frequently. If my income would allow it, I would be a part of the Roseland comtmnity with the beautiful St. Sebastian River flowing along its edge. I won't say I'm doomed to live on Easy Street in Sebastian, but an historic neighborhood like Roseland certainly adds much that's missing in the usual subdivisions and highway sprawl of this city. The community center is an integral part of the character of Roseland. It says a lot to people who look at homes in the community and to people who visit those ,,vho live there. Because I attend class at the center, I ant aware that it is closed for repairs. This, of course, is expected and it has to be done regularly to historic buildings, especially ones that are 100 years old and counting. It is important to keep the center as a usable space in addition to keeping its history and presence as a real center of the community. I am writing this letter to encourage our county to provide the funds to keep the center open, safe, and in good order for us who use it now and for those who will be using it as the center of the community during its 2006' year. I grew tip in a community in west TN where the community center still stands and can't imagine the county not supplying the funds to keep it in good shape. All zve have without our community centers is a group of houses on neighboring streets with schools and places of worship that divide the streets into different groups. And, all we have without our historic community centers are mainly metal or prefab buildings that offer a place to gather, but with nothing of character to add to the neighborhoods. I believe most of us would rather have a building like the Roseland Community Center on our street than a big, multi-purpose building like those that exist all over the country. I hope this letter will help as you seek county funds to preserve an important building, not just for the Roseland Community, but for all of us in the county. Hamilton Edwards Sebastian, FL 32955