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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2489 |
| Alliance Small Business Recovery Program |
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| Requester: |
Carrie Williams |
Organization: |
Minority/Women Business Enterprise Alliance |
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| Project Title: |
Alliance Small Business Recovery Program |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 2:39:13 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Siplin |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The project will provide management and technical assistance and other supportive services to small, minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business owners in Orange County, Florida. |
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| Recipient: |
Alliance Small Business Recovery Program |
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Contact: |
Carrie Williams |
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625 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando |
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Contact Phone: |
(407) 428-5860 |
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Orlando 32803 |
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Contact email: |
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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: |
| The project will provide management and technical assistance and other supportive services to small, minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business owners in Orange County, Florida. Targeted firms will be those with less than 25 employees who businesses where adversarily affected by the series of 2004 hurricanes and who are struggling to rebuild in operational areas, workforce development, customer services, business financing, conflict resolution, surety and risk management, and aiding them in business development and contract procurement in the state of Florida to include work related to disaster revitalization business opportunities. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 250 firms will receive assistance and we estimate that 600 jobs will be reatined and/or created as a result of this program. We further expect that the project will reduce the potential failure rate by 50% |
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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: |
$225,000 |
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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 |
$ |
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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: |
$150,000 |
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: |
Alliance needs assessment |
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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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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
