| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #660 | |||||||||
| EXPONICA INTERNATIONAL 2008 | |||||||||
| Requester: | Eduardo Arroyo | Organization: | Exponica International | ||||||
| Project Title: | EXPONICA INTERNATIONAL 2008 | Date Submitted | 12/21/2007 11:49:33 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Rivera | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| The Exposition increases the international, commercial and financial relations between Florida and Latin America. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Exponica International, Inc. | Contact: | Eduardo Arroyo | ||||||
| 8250 West Flagler Street, #114 | Contact Phone: | (305) 227-2929 | |||||||
| Miami 33144 | Contact email: | eduardoarroyo@exponica. | |||||||
| Counties: | Miami-Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| The economic impact that this event represents is $14,000,000 (fourteen million) to the State of Florida | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Funding this event will help increase the economic impact to Floridians by improving the shows and bringing more out-of-state visitors, which will increase the revenue to the tourism-related industries | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $840,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,170,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local, Private | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $42,500 | In-kind Amount | $385,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | Yes | Fiscal Year: | 2002-2003 | Amount: | $100,000 | ||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $840,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||