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April 12, 2016
Mirage Capital, LLC
13322 Riverside Drive
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Re: 395 North “E” Street, San Bernardino
To Whom It May Concern:
It is my understanding that you are the owner or contact person for the above-referenced building
in San Bernardino. The City of San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission is currently working on a
project to revitalize the downtown area. Our plan is to place art (photographs and paintings, etc.)
and poetry in the empty windows of some of the vacant buildings in that area. It is our hope that
this will attract passers-by to stop and look and tell others about the art in the windows, which
will increase the foot traffic in the area. The windows in this corner building and the additional
suites are especially well-suited for this kind of display.
We will be asking local artists and art students from local schools and colleges to submit art and
poetry for the project. Hopefully, there will be enough submissions to rotate the displays
periodically. Obviously, the work will need to be on the inside of the windows; thus our
volunteers would need access in order to clean the windows and install the art work. We would,
of course, need the written permission of the owner in order to do this.
This past spring and summer, we worked with the owner of the empty building at 468 West 5th
Street (next door to the Subway Restaurant) and installed an exhibit of photographs and poetry
by two professors from Cal State, San Bernardino. The exhibit remained in the windows for
about two months, and elicited many positive comments. This is the model that we expect to
follow on this new project.
Mirage Capital, LLC
April 12, 2016
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We would very much like to work with you on this project. If you are interested, or need
additional information, please contact me at 909-862-3668 or by email at
erdogar@roadrunner.com.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Garcia, Ed.D, Chair
City of San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission
cc: Salah Mousa, CNG Financial Management Co., 395 North “E” Street, San Bernardino,
CA 92401
Hugo Venegas, Necaxa Soccer Goods, 395 North “E” Street, Suite 105, San Bernardino,
CA 92401