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    Posted 09-13-2022 07:37 PM
    Hello,
    Our county commissioners saw fit to grant our organization a property tax exemption. The legal arm of the county thinks this is an error and has appealed the decision to the state. We argued that we met the definition of the code related to schools and EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE. 
    What brings me here today is one of the requests in the Motion for Discovery. We are asked to "IDENTIFY all general public benefit(s) YOU provide." 
    I figure someone must have replied to a similar request and have a page/multi-page list. In a quick search what I found was the 4-year NAEA-AAMD Study for arts ed in grades 4-6. Though this is very important, particularly for the nature of the exemption, it hardly covers all public benefits. 
    https://www.arteducators.org/learn-tools/articles/472-study-user-guide
    Is anyone aware of other sources? Had to create such a list as part of an organization?
    Thanks, Roger

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    Roger Rowley, Executive Director
    Moscow Contemporary, Inc.
    414 S. Main St.
    Moscow ID 83843
    moscowcontemporary.org
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