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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #55 |
| EXPONICA INTERNATIONAL 2008 |
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| Requester: |
Eduardo Arroyo |
Organization: |
Exponica International |
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| Project Title: |
EXPONICA INTERNATIONAL 2008 |
Date Submitted |
12/21/2007 11:27:20 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Diaz de la Portilla |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The Exposition increases the international, commercial and financial relations between Florida and Latin America. |
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| Recipient: |
Exponica International, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Eduardo Arroyo |
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8250 West Flagler Street, #114 |
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Contact Phone: |
(305) 227-2929 |
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Miami 33144 |
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Contact email: |
eduardoarroyo@exponica. |
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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 economic impact that this event represents is $14,000,000 (fourteen million) to the State of Florida |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Funding this event will help increase the economic impact to Floridians by improving the shows and bringing more out-of-state visitors, which will increase the revenue to the tourism-related industries |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$840,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,170,000 |
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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 |
$42,500 |
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In-kind Amount |
$385,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2002-2003 |
Amount: |
$100,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$840,000 |
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? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
No |
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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 |
