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POPS POST Volume 1 Number 6
September 2023
Celebrate Good Times -- It's Time!
Hello POPS enthusiasts!
Who can say it better than Kool and the Gang? “Celebrate Good Times, Come On!” Nobody folks. If you’re reading this and don’t live in a cave, you know that the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Committee and its Leadership Team are taking a brief moment to “celebrate.”
Put 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 28, at the Park Ballroom on your calendars for our celebration of all we've accomplished so far. Read this edition of our newsletter for more information on this FREE event!
Click here or on the image on the left to read the full newsletter.
Site Feasibility Study report as discussed
at the special Public Meeting
Click on the image on the left or the link below to view the full site feasibility study prepared by Bolton and Menk and discussed at the special public meeting held Wednesday, July 26 at 6:00 pm at Giesenbrau.
Click here or on the image on the left to read the full report.
Special Public Meeting
We will be presenting the results of the site evaluation review done by Bolton & Menk.
Hello POPS enthusiasts!
Put 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, at Giesenbrau Bier Co. on your calendars for our important meeting to learn from Bolton & Menk and the POPS Committee about the priority ranking of the three sites for the POPS venue. This is your time to provide your comments on the project, where it might be built and all other questions surrounding this historic effort in New Prague to build a venue supporting the arts and providing the community with great family entertainment outdoors during the beautiful parts of the year here in Minnesota.
Click here or on the image on the left to read the full flyer.
100 for $100K
Be Part of the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Building Project
Hello POPS enthusiasts!
Be one of “100 for $100K” – and pledge $1,000 between now and the end of 2025 (that’s ONLY $30/month or $333/year) during this special summer of ‘23 Music at the Broz fundraising program for POPS!
Click here or on the image on the left to read the full flyer.
May 2023
POPS Post is the newsletter of the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Committee.
Hello POPS enthusiasts!
As the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) group passes six months in its three-year quest to raise $1 million to build an outdoor performance venue, one should be optimistic. Why?
• We’ve raised $412,000 in three-year pledges (our goal for 2023 is $500,000; it had been $250,000).
• We’ve made 20+ presentations to businesses, individuals, and even one local church explaining, the VAST majority of which have been overwhelmingly supportive.
• We’re having a FREE gala event for the public Oct. 28 featuring two bands (and lots of food/drink and other prizes available) at the Park Ballroom to celebrate year one of our effort.
• We are going to give away a vehicle valued at $20,000 (donated by Palmer and Sue Welcome). Your $20 ticket or three tickets for $50 will support the POPS building effort.
Read the full newsletter for more information ...
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We have a new radio spot on KCHK Radio. Listen to it here:
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Our two fundraising status banners are up downtown. The first one is on the wall adjacent to the new park. A second banner is placed on the east end of town, north side of the road, by Minnwest Bank. Thanks to Eddie Shimota for getting this done.
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Bolton & Menk has been chosen to analyze the three city-owned sites to prioritize locations for the POPS building.
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The POPS Committee is giving away a vehicle valued at $20,000 (donated by Palmer/Susan Welcome) Oct. 28 at the Park Ballroom. Tickets will be on sale soon for just $20 each as a fundraiser for the POPS Committee.
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The Forward New Prague Foundation is the new home of the POPS Committee. Donations should now be payable to: The Forward New Prague Foundation, 305 Columbus Ave. South, New Prague, MN, 55372.
March 2023
POPS Post is the newsletter of the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Committee of the New Prague Area Arts Council.
Our plan is for this to be a monthly newsletter used to keep the public up to date on what's going on with our effort to raise $1 million to build an outdoor performance facility in New Prague.
Hello, POPS enthusiasts! The great comedian Robin Williams once said: “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s Party!’”
So, I suggest “Let’s Party” because “It’s Time!”
As spring approaches in just a few weeks (after a long and nasty winter), I thought it time to bring all of you involved in some way or another in the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) project an update. You ALL serve a great role in our historic project to get this outdoor performance facility built in New Prague.
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POPS Update - January 17, 2023
Our fundraising status banner is up downtown. It is on the wall adjacent to the new park. This is a great addition to our efforts. Thanks to Eddie Shimota for getting this done.
The POPS fundraising committee has released the fundraising proposal for the POPS project. Click here to view the proposal.
We will start running weekly radio spots on KCHK Radio. KCHK is a Bronze sponsor of POPS through this trade for radio spots and quarterly interviews about POPS with community leaders on the building effort.
January 2023
POPS Post is the newsletter of the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Committee of the New Prague Area Arts Council.
Our plan is for this to be a monthly newsletter used to keep the public up to date on what's going on with our effort to raise $1 million to build an outdoor performance facility in New Prague.
The new year always brings optimism to me. Well, some would say I’m always optimistic. Heck, I’m 71 and mostly retired. Who wouldn’t be optimistic?! I look at it this way:
“Let’s get excited about the future. I honestly don’t think the past will care!”
The Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Leadership Team AND residents of New Prague should be excited about 2023.
Click on the image on the left to read the full newsletter and find out why.
December 2022
POPS Post is the newsletter of the Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Committee of the New Prague Area Arts Council.
Our plan is for this to be a monthly newsletter used to keep the public up to date on what's going on with our effort to raise $1 million to build an outdoor performance facility in New Prague.
This first issue talks about our plans and our committee structure. it gives a brief description of each of the sub-committees and their current status. Our financial goals and the three potential sites that have been identified are also discussed.
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POPS Donation Reaches $180,000 in pledges with MinnWest Bank contribution
The Praha Outdoor Performance Stage (POPS) Committee of the New Prague Area Arts Council, which announced its building effort recently for New Prague, has received a $75,000 pledge from MinnWest Bank—New Prague. Pictured here are, from left, Tyler Denn, branch sales manager; Den Gardner, chair, POPS Committee; James Eriksrud, market president; and Shannon Brusseau, POPS Fundraising Subcommittee chair. The POPS Committee is working to raise $1 million and are 18% of the way there, with pledged contributions of $180,000 thus far. And 20 other businesses, individuals and community organizations have committed to a donation, the amount to-be-determined.