| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1675 | |||||||||
| Panama City Beach--Chamber of Commerce Building | |||||||||
| Requester: | Debi Knight | Organization: | Panama City Beaches Chamber of Commerce | ||||||
| Project Title: | Panama City Beach--Chamber of Commerce Building | Date Submitted | 1/14/2003 5:20:13 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Bense | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Economic Development. This project will permit maintaining tourism levels and services, increasing tourism related activities, attracting additional tourists, and assist in planning, attracting and developing a greater and more diverse tourism and tourism supportive economic base for Northwest Florida. With a visitor center/reception area, meeting room and adequate space for Chamber personnel it will also provide for additional development activities to bring other industry and development to this region of the State. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Panama City Beaches Chamber of Commerce | Contact: | Debi Knight | ||||||
| 415 Beckrich Road Suite 200 | Contact Phone: | (850) 235-1159 | |||||||
| Panama City 32407 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Bay | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| with the growth and anticipated growth of this area, situation that presently exist in the touris industry, and the iniadequacy of present facilities (small second floor location with little tourism, industry, and community. The chamber and its members are seeking to build a reception area/chamber office work space for the many functions and activities that it performs for the communityand business environment. Since its inception in 1987 the panama city beaches chamber of commerce has not had a permanent home and has been located in shared space and a rental location. The building will house a reception/welcome area for prospective businessmen, residents, and visitors;meeting rooms for local business, civic, and other organizations; the staff; and serve as a storage and dispensing facility for tourism guides, information/relocation packets, and tourism and tourism supportive economic development arm of this chamber and the Beaches. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Generally, the Chamber will be able to better serve the community and business through its many services. Specifically, outcomes will include bring about and measuring an owners/operators, increase in numbers requesting relocation packets and following through with relocation, and increase in economic impact. The number of walk-in traffic will increase, and public visibility and use of facility will icrease. The number of tourism and tourism related/supportive facilities/businesses in Northwest Florida will increase. For a quantifiable measure, the Chamber Board will compare present numbers (data collected for the above somewhat limited services and use and revenues) with those of expanded services and use and revenues (data generated each month after the building is built). An adequate system for recording contacts, referrals, use of building, economic activities, and other services is in place and will be continued. The chamber board regularly holds meetings with Panama City Beach City Council, Bay County Commisssion, TDC and interested citizens to develop plans and assess and evaluate the direction of the area. This will continue and prvide measurable outcomes. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $850,000 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $250,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Chamber Board Meetings, planning and visioning meetings , Chamber annual report 2000 | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Unknown | ||||||||