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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #83 |
| Northwest Florida Emergency Food Distribution Center |
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| Requester: |
David W. Reaney |
Organization: |
Bay Area Food Bank |
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| Project Title: |
Northwest Florida Emergency Food Distribution Center |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 2:53:58 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Peaden |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| The facility will be a self-sustaining storm shelter for employees capable of distributing food within 24 hours of a disaster and will serve the day-to-day hunger relief needs in our seven Northwest Florida counties. |
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| Recipient: |
Bay Area Food Bank |
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Contact: |
David W. Reaney |
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4682 Highway 90 |
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Contact Phone: |
(888) 704-3663 |
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Pace 32571 |
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Contact email: |
dreaney@bayareafoodbank.org |
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| Counties: |
Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Washington |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Construction of a new warehouse to increase day-to-day distribution from two million pounds annually to five million pounds in Northwest Florida and serve as a disaster relief facility. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| An increase in food distribution to five million pounds annually to meet the national average. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$750,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,250,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$500,000 |
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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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Yes |
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Agency |
Agriculture And Consumer Services, Department Of, And Commissioner Of Agriculture |
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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: |
America's Second Harvest 2004 Hunger Study |
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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 |
