HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-16-0009 Cover MemoSEOPW Board of Commissioners Meeting
March 30, 2016
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Keon Hardemon Date: . March 21, 2016 File: 16-00161
and Members of the CRA Board
Subject: Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance of a
Grant from Knight Foundation for the 2016
Overtown Music & Arts Festival.
From: Clarence E. Woods, III References:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Legislation
BACKGROUND:
The attached Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") authorizes the acceptance of a grant, in the amount of $50,000, from the
Knight Foundation ("Foundation") to underwrite costs associated with the production of the 2016 Overtown
Music & Arts Festival ("Festival") scheduled to occur on July 23, 2016.
The Foundation was established in 1950 in Ohio to provide grants to local educational, cultural, and social
service institutions as well as to journalism -related causes. Thereafter, the Foundation increased its assets and
expanded its grant programs to various cities throughout the country. Today, the Foundation supports a wide
array of projects and programs that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage
communities, and foster the arts.
In 2008, the Foundation launched the "Knight Arts Challenge" grant program in Miami to support the best and
most innovative ideas out of local organizations and individuals seeking to transform the community through the
arts. The CRA submitted a grant application for the Festival to further develop the festivals offerings by
incorporating more local artists and live art, recruiting higher profile musicians, and increase marketing efforts
for the event. On November 30, 2015, the Foundation awarded the CRA $50,000 for the Festival as a result of
the application. This Resolution accepts that same.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, Goal 5, at page 11, of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Plan ("Plan")
lists the promotion of "local cultural events, institutions, and businesses," as a stated redevelopment goal.
Further, Section 2, Principle 14, at page 16, of the Plan provides for the "resto[ration of] a sense of community
and unif[ication in] the area culturally," as a stated redevelopment principle.
FUNDING:
This Resolution dons not commit funding.