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r <br />From: "Xochitl Casillas" <xcchid.casillas,i gmail.corn> <br />Date: Jun 12.2013 12:53 AM <br />Subject: Letter of Support (feel free to make edits) <br />To: <kcith ci bistro400,coni> <br />Cc: <br />To Whom This May Concern, <br />It is with great pleasure that I write a letter in support of the entertainment pennit for all Santa Ana restaurants and <br />businesses. My desire to support this change is directly related to my relationship with Bistro 400; this establishment <br />has served as a central site where partnerships, among diverse groups of individuals, have come to gather. <br />I moved to Orange County a few months ago, and have visited Santa Ana for business-related reasons; the majority <br />of my visits include meeting with potential clients and fostering existing ones. As an outsider coming into Santa <br />Ana, I asked a colleague, whom is deeply connected in the community, for a respectable restaurant to take my <br />clients to; he recommended Bistro 400. After my first visit, I was impressed with the service, food, drink selection, <br />and establishment as a whole. I quickly grew fond of the Bistro 400 outside of my business-related visits, and <br />started to attend their jazz and blues niglus. The ambiance is always lively, and full of "movers and shakers" -the <br />majority of which represent the community-at-large. Initially, I came to Bistro 400, so that I could maintain my <br />existing clients, but it has become a place to establish new clients! Professionally, and socially; Bistro 400 has <br />become my "go-to" spot, and thus. I am a huge supporter of their business. <br />On a more recent and personal note, Bistro 400 has graciously allowed the New Leaders Council (NLC). a national <br />nonprofit organization that I am currently involved with, to host our annual fundraiser miter there on Thursday. <br />June 13th. They not only agreed to reserve the space for our group, free of cost, but they also offered to provide our <br />guests with free appetizers, and will give 20% of the drink sales sold during our mixer, back to us -in the form of a <br />donation to the nonprofit. I cannot stress how supportive and cooperative Bistro 400 has been with my personal <br />business, aside from my involvement with the nonprofit I am engaged with, but they continue to serve as a beacon to <br />the Santa Ana community. And thus, I believe an overall entertainment permit will enable Bistro 400 to continue <br />expanding their philanthropic work on a larger scale. This will not only foster a greater sense of community, but it <br />will bring individuals, such as myself (whom only do business in the area) to continue investing in Santa Ana. <br />I know that you will recognize the efforts that Bistro 400. as well as other businesses in the community, are doing to <br />make Santa Ana a premiere city that others will model after. This can be done by supporting the entertainment <br />permit for all Santa Ana restaurants and businesses. it is my hope that you will understand the social and financial <br />Gains that this change will make in the community of Santa Ana. I wilt be following this discussion closely and look <br />fonNard to hearing your decision. <br />If i can be of further assistance, feel free to email me at x?c ll.?as? + a4?<<`m ;' or b_v phone (=?2 j Y41 5G9. <br />Best, <br />Xochitl Casillas, New Leaders Council Fellow <br />75A-71