Dear City Council Members -
I am a 53-year-old Menlo Park resident, and have lived here in this city since 1991. (I grew up in San Mateo and attended
Stanford, then Santa Clara Law School, and settled in Menlo Park shortly after graduating from law school, so have been a "true
local" most of my life.)
I am married to Mark Knox and we have raised all 5 of our children here - they have all attended Oak Knoll Elementary School,
Hillview Middle School, and Menlo-Atherton High School.
In addition, I have kept my business local as well; my company Argonaut Capital Corporation has its office downtown Menlo Park at
659 Oak Grove Avenue.
I am writing to lend my STRONG SUPPORT for the new proposal, Save The Guild Theatre, which I understand you will be voting on
tomorrow. The proposal for its use as a center for local arts, music and entertainment, is sorely needed in this town. I am a
musician myself, having grown up playing the cello and piano, then picked up the violin, bass guitar, guitar and vocals as an
adult, and I really believe strongly in the arts for ALL AGES. I was in a local adult band a few years ago, Loose Gravel, and we
played downtown Menlo Park at the street fair in the summer, but we never had a place to play locally (had to go to the Pioneer or
sometimes Freewheel in the patio). It really is a shame that we have to go to Redwood City, Mountain View, Woodside, or San Carlos
to play or hear live music. Why not take this rare opportunity to turn an iconic building like the Guild into a special place for
Menlo Park to showcase the arts? What a fabulous development that would be for our city and all of its residents.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. I am wholeheartedly in support of the new plan for the Guild, as proposed by the
nonprofit Peninsula Arts Guild, and truly hope that this Board has the vision to approve it.
Sincerely,
Laurie Knox▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒Menlo Park, CA 94025home: ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒Laurie Onderdonk Knox, Esq.
President
Argonaut Capital Corporation
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