Marianne  Laugel  MS  City  Planning  Consortium    Project  Manager  3461  Aylwin  St.,  #303  Montreal  Qc  H1W  3E2    October  28,  2012    Martha  Rosas  Montreal  City  Councilor  Montreal  City  Hall    275  Notre  Dame  East  St.,  #275  Montreal  Qc  H2Y  1C6    Subject:  Request  for  a  grant  for  the  project  “Montreal,  City  of  fountain”      Dear  Ms.  Rosas    MS   City   Planning   Consortium   is   respectfully   requesting   a   grant   of   $50,000   for   the   project  “Montreal,  city  of  fountain”.  “Montreal,  City  of  fountain”   is   an   ambitious   project   that  mixes  city  planning,  education  and  arts.      In  order  to  beautifying  the  city,  we  plane  to   install  or  to  renovate  40  fountains  across  the  city.  We  will  gather  the  best  local  professionals:  designers,  manufacturers  and  restorers.  In  collaboration   with   the   McGill   Department   of   History,   the   History   of   the   foundation   of  Montreal  will  be  told  through  the  path  of  those  40  fountains.        “Montreal,   City   of   fountain”   is   also   an   artistic   project.   A   new   talent   contest   implying   several  artistic  disciplines  will  be  held.  The  winners  in  each  discipline  will  perform  and/or  exhibit  during  the  whole  summer  2015  in  the  new  converted  spaces.    A  great  outdoor  opening  will  take  place  in  Parc  Maisonneuve  in  partnership  with  The  Montreal  Symphonic   Orchestra   for   a   water   and   music   show:   the   fountains   will   be   choreographed   to  music.  The  whole  event  will  be  recorded  and  videotaped  by  CBC.      MS  City  Planning  consortium  has  already  shown  its  expertise,  especially  with  its  most  recent  project   in  Las  Vegas.   “Fountains  and   live  music”,   in  partnership  with   the  Nevada  touristic  office  and  the  Symphonic  Orchestra  Foundation,  was  a  great  success  and  gave  a  new  face  to  the  streets  of  Las  Vegas  (photos  here:  www.lasvegasfountains.com).  The  event  was  a  totally  new   experience   of   water   music   show   (2011   recording   show   here:  www.youtube.com/1221).                        

     We   really   think   that   Montreal   needs   to   beautify   its   parks   and   streets   and   that   MS   City  Planning  Consortium  is  the  best  structure  to  manage  such  an  ambitious  project.    Thank  you  for  your  consideration  of  our  request.        Sincerely,            Marianne  Laugel  Project  Manager    MS  City  Planning  Consortium