Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #428FY0001 Visitor Center Enlargement
Requester:		Bill Stromquist			Organization:		Perdio Key Area Chamber of Commerce
Project Title:		Visitor Center Enlargement			Date Submitted:		01/30/2001 4:12:40 PM
Sponsors:		Jerry Melvin
Statewide Interest:		tourism promotion and area information
Recipient:		Perdido Key Area Chamber of Commerce			Contact:		Bill Stromquist
		15500 Perdio Key Drive			Contact Phone:		(850) 492-4660
		Pensacola 32507
Counties:		Escambia
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
Design and expansion of visitor information center on Perdido Key Drive
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
give more information and better facility to tourist
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$100,000
Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
Specific Appropriation #:			1421A
Specific Appropriation Title:			Special categories, grants & Aids, Community Development Services Project
Amount to be reduced:			$100,000
Fund Source:			General Revenue
Total cost of the project:			$125,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		Local
					Total In-Kind Amount:		$25,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							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:		visitor contacts up from 9,500 in 1995 to 56,000 in 2000
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No