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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1443 |
| African American History Marketing and Educational Initiative |
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| Requester: |
Derrrick Gatlin |
Organization: |
Association to Preserve African American Society, History, and Tradition, Inc. (P.A.S.T.) |
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| Project Title: |
African American History Marketing and Educational Initiative |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 4:00:59 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Siplin |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Florida has great potential to capitalize on its African American heritage in the areas of tourism and education. This heritage must be appropriately researched, documented, and marketed. This initiative will result in increased visitors to historic African American sites in Orange County and contribute to broader economic development in the state of Florida overall. |
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| Recipient: |
P.A.S.T. |
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Contact: |
Derrick Gatlin |
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511 W South Street |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 245-7535 |
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Orlando 32805 |
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Contact email: |
mayz66@aol.com |
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| Counties: |
Orange |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| P.A.S.T. is part of a statewide consortium dedicated to highlighting Florida's African American History. The project will focus on historic sites in Central Florida and fund marketing and educational material designed to attract additional visitors and students to historic African American sites in Orange County. Sites to be included are the Dr. William Monroe Wells Heritage House, the Well's Built Museum of African American History and Culture, the Mosley House Museum, and the Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts and Humanities. Funds will support P.A.S.T.'s development of educational material, marketing efforts, and personnel to coordinate the African American heritage educational and visitor's initiative in Orange County. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Increase the amount of literature and information that will be available for distribution statewide, increase visitors to Orange County by 15%, Educate individuals regarding the African American contribution to music and gain recognition nationally for Orange County as a destination for cultural heritage programming, increase awareness of entertainment and cultural options in Orange County by developing packages for various events that include theme parks and other outlets, market Orange County as a cultural tourism destination through collaborations with media and the Converntion and Visitor's Bureau, and present a high quality music festival during Black Music Month that will increase the number of out of town participants. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$200,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$210,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$400,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$25,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$200,000 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Economic Impact of Florida's Arts and Cultural Industry by Dept. of State Office of Cultural Affairs |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Orange County Legislative Delegation Meeting-- 2007 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
