Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1616FY0001 Historic Preservation-Sp Category Grants-Agricultural Museum Exhibition
Requester:		Bruce Piatek			Organization:		Florida Agricultural Museum
Project Title:		Historic Preservation-Sp Category Grants-Agricultural Museum Exhibition			Date Submitted:		2/13/01 12:50:40 PM
Sponsors:		James King
Statewide Interest:		Historic preservation and tourism
Recipient:		Florida Agricultural Museum			Contact:		Bruce Piatek
		1850 Princess Place Road			Contact Phone:		(904) 446-6799
		Bunnell 32110
Counties:		Flagler
Service Area:		Private Organization
Project Description:
The Florida Agricultural Museum, designated by Florida Statutes as the museum of agriculture and rural history for Florida, is in the process of developing several living exhibits. This grant will allow the Museum to incorporate the Caldwell Dairy Barn, the CLark Pioneer Homestead, the Traxler Commissary, the Espanola Building and the Lane Saw Mill into a 3-dimensional, interactive, outdoor experience, recreating life as it was in a turn-of-the-century Florida agricultural museum. As a 30-acre site, the exhibition will connect the historic buildings, outbuildings, artifacts, animals and educational components within the concept of a living agricultural community, while actively interpreting Florida's history and people. This project was ranked #44 by the Historic Preservation Advisory Council.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
This project will aid this Museum in its quest to be a major exhibition in north Florida, providing a tremendous economic development boost to western Flagler County.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$350,000
Total cost of the project:			$350,000
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
Type of funding match:		None
Was this project previously funded by the State?							Yes
	Fiscal Year:		2000-2001		Amount:		$400,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?							Yes
	Agency:		State, Department Of, And Secretary Of State
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?							Yes
Is there a documented need for this project?							Yes
	Documentation:		Agricultural Museum Board of Trustees Management Plan
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							Yes
	Hearing Body:		St. Johns County Legislative Delegaiton
	Meeting Date:		1/30/01