| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2405 | |||||||||
| Florida Center for Literary Arts | |||||||||
| Requester: | MIami Dade College | Organization: | Florida Center for Literary Arts | ||||||
| Project Title: | Florida Center for Literary Arts | Date Submitted | 1/14/2005 9:23:31 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Rodolfo Garcia | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Economic Development & tourism | |||||||||
| Recipient: | MIami Dade College- Florida Center for Literary Arts | Contact: | Victoria Hernandez | ||||||
| 300 NE 2nd AVE | Contact Phone: | (305) 298-4878 | |||||||
| Miami 33141 | Contact email: | vhernand@mdc.edu | |||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The Miami Book Fair International is the premier Literary event in the U.S.. the Florida Center Sponsors this Multi-Ethnic and diverse 8 day event with year round programming. Over 300 authors, 250 publishers, present to over 300,000 people a year. it promotes reading among children by visiting authors and multi-media reading techniques. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| 500,000 visitors to Florida | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $300,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,700,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $700,000 | In-kind Amount | $1,000,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2001 | Amount: | $200,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $300,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | Yes | ||||||||
| Agency | Education, Department Of | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Yes | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Surveys conducted with participants, exhibitors, and the public by MDC. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | City of Miami, Downtown Development, Cultural Affairs Dept. | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/12/2004 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||