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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #507 |
| Experience Aviation |
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| Requester: |
Barrington Irving |
Organization: |
Experience Aviation, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Experience Aviation |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 4:51:34 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Wilson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| A statewide initiative to engage students through the Experience Aviation website that will provide resources, mentors and activities allowing them to experience aviation. Offer academic courses both onsite and offsite that address significant shortage of professionals in the aerospace and aviation industries, specifically air traffic controllers, pilots and engineers that are already in demand. |
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| Recipient: |
Experience Aviation, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Barrington Irving |
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15001 NW 42nd Avenue |
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Contact Phone: |
(786) 282-5184 |
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Miami, Florida 33054 |
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Contact email: |
birving@experienceaviation.org |
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| Counties: |
Miami-Dade |
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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 Experience Aviation Learning Center provides exciting educational experiences, including hands-on training on flight simulator programs, to middle and high school students. Activities are designed to give them experience in various fields including flying, air traffic control, aerospace technology, and aviation maintenance. The Center also serves as a resource hub for students by terminal-connecting them with various professional aviation businesses and general aviation and educational institutions in the community.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Students will be provided valuable information about jobs in the aviation field in Florida. Resources and networks provided to students will help them to identify and pursue aviation as their career goal.
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,300,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$630,000 |
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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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No |
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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: |
Federal Aviation Administration |
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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 |
