Dear Business Owner or Manager:
Do you want your business to appear in a book on Latino businesses and businesses that serve the Latino population of Washington? Fiesta DC is now compiling data for such a book and invites your participation in the project. There is no cost to you for taking part in this unprecedented, quality publication that we have planned. More information on us and on the project follows.
Fiesta DC is the non-profi t organization that has sponsored the Latino Festival of DC since 2004 and seminars and discussions throughout the year on issues such as businesses, Afrodescendants, women, the elderly, artists, children, and other topics. Fiesta DC is overseen by a representative and active Board of Directors.
In 2009 we propose this year to publish a guide on the businesses in the Latino community located in the District of Columbia. This will not be a yellow-pages kind of directory, but rather a readable and informative review of the history of such businesses in DC, their growth over the years, and their current distribution and signifi cance within the broader context of the multi-cultural city that is Washington.
We have the support of leading business-related organizations, of relevant D.C. government agencies including the DC Offi ce on Latino Affairs, and of District Council Member Kwame
Brown (At-Large), who chairs the Council’s Committee on Economic Development. Please take a few minutes to fill in a questionnaire that asks about your business and its history. You can send it to us by post or electronic mail. We may follow up with questions by telephone, email or in person. We will consider publishing any photographs or documents of historical value that you might have.
Please respond within the next two weeks, as we must adhere to a rigorous deadline this summer. The questionnaire (in English and Spanish) is enclosed. Please direct any questions you may have to: info@fi estadc.org or call us at (202)232-4393.
We speak Spanish and English.
Thank you for taking part in this important project.
Sincerely,
Alfonso Aguilar
Executive Director