SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of Tourist Development Council Funding Request for Marketing Assistance Funding Program Reimbursement for Anchor of Ocala, LLC DBA Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ocala (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $5,000)
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Loretta Shaffer, Director |
Tourist Development |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
The Tourist Development Council (TDC) seeks funding approval for organizations that have festivals, events, or programs which support the TDC’s mission of growing the economy and accelerating prosperity in Marion County through effective destination sales and marketing. The Marketing Assistance Program is designed to enable tourism-related businesses in Marion County to enhance their marketing opportunities leveraged with the Ocala/Marion County destination brand. This funding contract is for the Marketing Assistance Funding Program Reimbursement for Anchor of Ocala, LLC DBA Holiday Inn Express & Suites Ocala which Mr. Danny Gaekwad, an advisory board member, owns and operates. This program was recommended for funding of $5,000, by the TDC at their regularly scheduled meeting on August 20, 2025.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; expenditure of $5,000. Funding from CP155552-548101.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the Tourist Development Council funding request and authorize the Chairman and Clerk to execute the attached funding agreement.
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