Letter of Support
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file or Word
document to
show your support for the hotel.
Signed letters
may be faxed to 619-296-0512 or emailed to tina@lafayettehotelsd.com
Dear Friends
and Neighbors,
Did you know:
The Lafayette Hotel was originally built as an exclusive hideaway
for Hollywood’s finest? From the arrival of our first guest,
Mr. Bob Hope, on July 1, 1946, to-date our hotel has had the pleasure
of serving numerous celebrities, group meetings, and organizations
over the years. Betty Grable and Harry James slept here. So did Ava
Gardner.
Built by playboy
homebuilder Larry Imig, the property then called Imig Manor, enjoyed
grand success. Hollywood’s most glamorous stars came night after
night to what was the hotel’s fashionable Mississippi Ballroom
to drink, dine and dance to the music of Ted Fio Rito and other top
big bands.
The Lafayette
Hotel is a historic and valuable community asset which needs to be
preserved. Local and national economic circumstances have placed additional
burdens on the Hotel, given the lack of activity in the travel market.
The Hotel is in drastic need of a capital system and room makeover
to stay competitive enough to continue operating through this recession.
The current ownership
has done everything in its power to maintain the commitment to rehabilitate
and revitalize the Hotel to its’ former grandeur, but they are
in need of financial assistance from the Redevelopment Agency to complete
the effort.
Recently the ownership
of the Hotel went to the North Park Redevelopment PAC and requested
their approval for a grant to refurbish the Hotel. The PAC was very
favorable and one vote shy of unanimous in its approval recommendation
to the Redevelopment Agency.
With the proposed
rehabilitation completed, the Hotel will continue for many years to
come to serve as a catalyst for local business support and development
in the area.
The hotel is asking
for the support of its valuable friends and neighbors in this undertaking
and ask that you sign a copy of the letter attached and let your voice
be heard.
The Ownership,
Management and Employees of the Lafayette Hotel thank you for your
support!
For more information
or to attend the upcoming meeting please call 619-296-2101 ext 162
