Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1528FY0102
The Tallahassee Gateway Project
Requester:		Capital City Gateway Development			Organization:		Capital City Gateway Development
Project Title:		The Tallahassee Gateway Project			Date Submitted:		1/18/2002 8:38:22 AM
Sponsors:		Curtis Richardson
Statewide Interest:
Increase the collaboration and coordination of cultural and historic art efforts in the Leon County area.
Recipient:		Capital City Gateway Development			Contact:		Rev. Ernest Ferrell
		PO Box 7451			Contact Phone:		(850) 222-6111
		Tallahassee 32314
Counties:		Leon
Gov't Entity:			Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):					Yes
Project Description:
This project will establish acultural art complex that will enable a large number of residents to be served in Leon County. State of Florida funding will allow us to implement this project to provide activites as theatre, cultural arts and recreation, to families and community residents of Leon County. We envision a center, which encourages intergenerational relationships, recognizing the wisdom and abilities of its youth familes and residents demonstrating awareness and respect for it. Multi-purpose meeting facility/theatre and cultural arts complex and business services center. The center will provide choices of services to support children and families needs in Leon County. The State of Florida funding will assist the project in the cost of need activities for the center. The program will be a tailored program to assist youth with recreation and cultural activities designed to provide information to youth and caretakers to prevent children from interacting in other such activities as vandalism, drugs, and theft in the community.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
The project anticipated outcome will increase jobs and revitalization of a deteriorated area. The resource program will establish activities to assist residents with the transition into the technological workforce. The project will target an increase in the capacity for decision making by involving the community residents, local business and funding agencies in Leon County.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:						$125,000
Identify items(s) in the FY 2002-03 Appropriations Bill to be reduced:
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Amount to be reduced:			$
Total cost of the project:			$6,484,400
Request has been made to fund:				Construction
What type of match exists for this project?					Private
	Cash Amount:		$100,000		In-Kind Amount:		$25,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?							No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?							Yes
	Amount:		$225,000
	Purpose for future year funding:					Non-recurring Construction
	Will this be an annual request?						Yes
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:		Parts of Southern Strategy Area and Community Redevelopment Area for Leon County
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?							No