SUBJECT:
Title
Request Approval of Tourist Development Council Recommendations for Arts and Cultural Destination Enhancement Funding (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of up to $37,500)
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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 Arts and Cultural Destination Enhancement Funding Program is a multi-faceted approach to enhancing the tourism product within Ocala/Marion County and aid in the programming and promotions of arts, culture, history, heritage and nature experiences that, as one of their main purposes, attract tourists, as evidenced by the promotion of the experience to tourists.
College of Central Florida Foundation, Inc. F/B/O Appleton Museum of Art $10,000
Marion Cultural Alliance, Inc. $10,000
Ocala Civic Theatre, Inc. $ 7,500
Reilly Arts Center, LLC $10,000
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; expenditure of up to $37,500. Funding from CP155552-548101.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the Tourist Development Council funding requests and authorize the Chairman and Clerk to execute the attached funding agreements.
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