Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: November 21, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: Carla Bell Johnson, AICP, Deputy County Administrator
FROM: Vicki Landon, Administrator, Arts and Cultural Affairs Office
CONTACT: Vicki Landon
PHONE: 407-836-5540
DIVISION: Arts and Cultural Affairs Office
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council’s Blockbuster & Special Events Funding Recommendation: $1,300,000 over 3 years to the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (PEC). (Arts and Cultural Affairs Office)
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PROJECT: N/A
PURPOSE: The Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council (“Advisory Council”) and Blockbuster and Special Events Committee carefully reviewed and examined numerous issues and established the criteria that meets the Advisory Council's goal of elevating Central Florida's arts and culture to a status befitting a world-class community. The mission of the Blockbuster and Special Events program is to encourage marquee art and cultural blockbuster events in Orange County. The proposed event must result in attendance of 50,000+, must include significant collaboration with the local arts community, be financially feasible, and be proposed by a nonprofit arts and cultural organization with a demonstrated background of successfully handling significant events. One applicant has been unanimously recommended for funding by the Blockbuster and Special Events Committee and the Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Council for the proposed project “Eatonville Rising,” a multi-year support Cultural Heritage Tourism project by Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (PEC).
BUDGET: $1,300,000