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It is prohibitively expensive to attempt to create such institutions or events and <br /> • indeed the pages of public relations history are littered with the wrecks of failed <br /> attempts to do so. <br /> It is always less expensive and almost always more successful to take advantage <br /> of ongoing events and activities. <br /> Project North must always be alert to any opportunity to.give the northern area a <br /> sense of common cause. One such opportunity presently exists. The Olympic <br /> training facilities that are slated for Blaine and Roseville in addition to a facility <br /> at St. Cloud will, in all,likelihood, be decided by the legislature in 1989. Each of <br /> the three towns has done a good job of local support for the projects including <br /> fund raising. The NMA has supported the legislation and will do so again. <br /> Project North has a golden opportunity to launch an effort on behalf of these <br /> projects which may well accomplish far more than simply acquiring the facilities. <br /> The details of this task must, of course, be worked out with the involved towns, <br /> but it may involve nothing more complicated than getting school kids in the area <br /> to show their support or using the recreation departments to build public support <br /> and legislative pressure. <br /> • There are several significant gains for the area that could be realized: <br /> A) This type of push might well be the thing that causes the facilities to be built. <br /> B) It provides an opportunity for the people of the area to begin to work together <br /> in common cause and not just their public officials. <br /> C) It offers the opportunity to win the first time,out which can then be used to <br /> build a local pride base for Project North. <br /> I <br /> 24 Northern Mayors Association <br />