Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1118 Bahamas Goombay Festival
Requester:	Susan Neuman		Organization:		Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival in Coconut Grove, Inc.
Project Title:	Bahamas Goombay Festival		Date Submitted:		01/27/2000 6:40:24 PM
District Member:	Daryl Jones		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Dade
Recipient:	Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival in Coconut Grove., Inc.		Contact:		Susan Neuman
	P.O. Box 330052		Contact Phone:		(305) 372-9966
	Miami 33133
Project Description:
Largest black heritage festival in the US; it celebrates the history and culture of the first black settlers of South Florida with arts,crafts, music.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Showcases racial harmony and inter-cultural interchange between the people of South Florida in a major tourism-generated event that promotes Florida trade and commerce between the hemispheres and island republics.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
550,000 partipatants worldwide
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$305,000
Total cost of the project:		$527,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					Unknown
Was this project previously funded by the State?					Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1994-1995		Amount:	$130,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Unknown
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?					Yes
	Documentation:	To be provided; the need for racial harmonic cultural interchange.
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					No