From: "Mark Ritchie" <<email obscured>>
Date: Feb 21, 2017 3:03 PM
Subject: Update from Mark Ritchie
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Friends of Expo 2023 Update
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February 2017
Dear Friends of the Expo,
Minnesota is now the official United States candidate to host the 2023
World’s Fair.
On February 7th, our formal bid was submitted by the Minnesota World’s Fair
Bid Committee to the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), the global
body that will choose one of three finalists: Minnesota, Buenos Aires, and
Lodz, Poland.
The next step in this process is a site visit, formally called an Enquiry
Mission, that will bring 8 leaders from the BIE to the United States for a
week of consultations in Minnesota and Washington, D.C. This site visit
team will submit a final report on Minnesota’s bid to the BIE’s General
Assembly in June of 2017. At the June meeting Minnesota will make a
30-minute presentation to the assembled representatives of the 169 BIE
member nations.
Now that we are representing the entire United States in this competition,
we have begun to win the support of organizations, agencies, companies, and
healthcare-related institutions from across the country. In the last few
weeks we have met with supporters from neighboring states, including
Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Last month I visited with key
leaders in Illinois, including the Deputy Mayor of Chicago, the CEO of
Choose Chicago, their tourism promotion agency, and key corporations with
high interest in supporting Minnesota’s bid.
If you will be in or near Washington, D.C. on March 22 please come to a
special reception that will be held late afternoon on Capitol Hill to honor
the key members of Congress who have supported Minnesota’s bid and to
welcome the site visit team from the BIE. The event will be hosted by the
Minnesota delegation and co-hosted by the Minnesota State Society. Final
details are in the works so please RSVP to <email obscured> for exact
time and location.
Warmly,
*Mark Ritchie*
President and CEO
Minnesota World’s Fair
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