Dear Community Amplifier,
We are excited to lead Amplifying Community: The Campaign to Build KGNU's New Home in Boulder, Colorado. Though we share a passion for community, culture, and music, we are people from all walks of life. We could live anywhere, but choose Boulder and the Colorado Front Range because it speaks to us in a special way. KGNU enhances that experience by providing a voice that reaches deep into our hearts and across the globe. Representing a diverse cross-section of the KGNU community, we're thrilled by the prospect of a new KGNU facility that will impact more lives than ever.
The money we raise will cover the renovation, expansion, and construction of our new facility in Boulder, including new equipment and digital improvements. But we're building much more than a radio station. This dynamic, multicultural community media center in the heart of Boulder will be the epicenter of a cultural shift in how tens of thousands of people experience community, culture, and music for generations to come.
KGNU's new home for media, arts, and culture will be like none other - a world-class media training hub and broadcast center. We see a dynamic place with expanded community space for forums, community conversations, concerts, and multicultural events. A place that will increase capacity for expanding the station's reach to train more youth and interns, reach a growingly diverse demographic and provide accessible low-cost or no-cost opportunities and instruction for the next generation of media makers for communication and media jobs of the future.
Fueled by its commitment to amplifying community, culture, and music, KGNU will explore uncharted territory and expand its offerings and services on the air, online, and in its new home to bring more local news, eclectic music, media training, and cultural and artistic connections and experiences to beautiful Boulder, Colorado, the Front Range, and the world.
In 2017, KGNU's Amplifying Community proposal was selected by a City of Boulder stakeholder's committee, vetted by City Council, and approved by 83% of voters who supported the 2M & 2N ballot initiative, awarding KGNU an extraordinary matching grant of $1.25M, meaning that nearly every dollar contributed will be doubled!
Thank you for reviewing KGNU's plans, and joining KGNU's eclectic family of community amplifiers to embark on this transformational campaign.
Sincerely,
Amplifying Community Committee