House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2012

Children's Literacy and Education Complex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Mindy Shrago

Organization:

Young At Art Children's Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

Children's Literacy and Education Complex

Date Submitted:

01/30/2000 4:10:37 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Broward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Young At Art Children's Museum

Contact:

Mindy Shrago

 

11584 West State Road 84

Contact Phone:

(954) 424-0085 21

 

 

Davie 33325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Young At Art Children's Museum, in partnership with Broward County Libraries and the Town of Davie, will establish the first Children's Literacy and Education Complex in South Florida.  The multi-acre campus in South Broward will integrate a new children's library with the new 40,000 sq. ft.  Young At Art's Children's Museum, whose collective goal will be the literacy, artistic, and cultural education of children from Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties.  State funds are being sought to assist with the planning and conceptualization of Young At Art's portion of the initiative, ensuring that the new facility, with strong support from local government and the community, meets the needs of children's reading and artistic literacy, early childhood development, and cultural tolerance, and ensures that Florida's Sunshine State Standards in the core concepts of reading, writing, and math are integrated into the program curriculum for the benefit of students and educators from the region and state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

The new education complex will be the first in the state to integrate the proven educational impact of interactive learning in a children's museum with the learning environment of a children's library.  The new educational complex will focus on the three most essential forms of children's literacy--reading, arts, and multicultural education.  Through reading literacy that emphasizes retention and comprehension, children from birth to age 8 will be better prepared for and achieve greater success in school.  Through arts literacy, children from birth to age 15 will learn to clearly and creatively communicate complex ideas, both verbally and non-verbally.  Educators will be taught how to integrate the arts curriculum into learning strategies which correlate to the key concepts of reading, writing and math within Florida's Sunshine State Standards.  Through multicultural literacy, appreciation, and tolerance of our State's melting pot society will be emphasized, leading to new methods for reducing violence and improving conflict resolution in our schools.  Accessibility to the Museum's comprehensive and interactive web site will enable parents, teachers and students to access information and learning materials for maximum statewide impact.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

With project funds, the Museum will accomplish five(5) phases of planning and conceptualization: (1) Site Planning and Assessment; (2) Architectural Planning & Documentation (architectural plans, facility/site renderings, construction documents); (3) Program and Exhibit Conceptualization (including exhibiit renderings and Master Plan); (4) Financial Planning; and (5) Communications and Public Relations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$8,997,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Operations and Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

Cash Amount:

$332,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

1998-1999

Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

Yes

 

 

Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose for future year funding:

 

YesNon-recurring Construction

 

 

Will this be an annual request?

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

1999 Broward County Commission Appropriations Budget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Broward County Legislative Delegation Public Hearings

 

Meeting Date:

01/03/2000