Write a letter to support BevArt!

Our proposal for BevArt is due on August 9! The more community support we gather, the more likely our proposal will be selected.

We hope you’ll consider writing a letter of support and sending it to the Mayor, your local Senator or Representative, and anyone else you think could help!

Follow the instructions below in our Sample Letter of Support, or write your own from scratch. Please copy us at miranda@mirandashearth.com when you submit your letter so we can keep track of the support.

Want to go the extra mile? Make a donation to help us cover the costs of writing this proposal and making BevArt happen!

Sample Letter of Support:

Mayor Cahill
City of Beverly
City Hall, 191 Cabot Street
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915

Dear Mayor Cahill & Members of the Selection Committee,

I am writing in strong support of the proposal developed by Miranda’s Hearth to repurpose the former Briscoe Middle School as BevArt: The Beverly Arts Community Center.

This proposal is a visionary, once in a generation opportunity for the City of Beverly to make a commitment to maintaining valuable public spaces through the arts. It would single-handedly create the largest artistic hub on the North Shore, securing Beverly’s growing reputation as a regional destination for the arts.

[insert as description about yourself i.e. as an artist, a resident, a business owner] I am particularly interested in the [insert one or more of the following: educational programming, creative workspaces, professional support for artists, and public community space]. Having space to support this in Beverly would [insert the benefit you see for the city].

BevArt would provide sustainable infrastructure to support professional artists, create an educational pathway to the arts for the broader community, and highlight local creative entrepreneurs to the hundreds of thousands of tourists already visiting our city for its rich arts district.

BevArt is exactly the kind of development that we need. I hope that the City of Beverly will support this visionary proposal to secure Briscoe Middle School as a publicly accessible cultural resource for generations to come.

Sincerely,
[insert name]
[insert connection to Beverly i.e. Business Owner, Resident]
[insert other relevant affiliations]