The local Council in your city has no funds for repairs and maintanenance of old buildings. It has decided to demolish a historical building to build a software company. Write a letter to the head of Council. In your letter: explain why the building is important suggest how the building can be used to benefit the local community suggest a solution to finance the repairs.

Dear sir, I am writing to inform you that I came to know about the recent decision by the local authorities to demolish the City Clock
Tower
. I checked with my local officials about
this
decision and they have informed me that
this
is
due to
insufficient funds for maintenance.
Also
, they have already sold
this
property to the corporate for building a software company.
This
tower
was there for more than 300 years and it is one of the important
symbol
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of the city, it attracts more local and international visitors every year. The shops and hotels in the surrounding area are benefitted by the tourists and demolishing
this
tower
will greatly affect their life hood. I would suggest that we can able to collect funding by creating awareness campaigns in schools and colleges for
tower
maintenance.
Also
, we can bring some local artists every year to do some performance and the profit collected from
this
can be given to the local authorities for repairs. I would appreciate your immediate attention on
this
matter. Thanking you in advance. Yours faithfully, David
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