A brief look at the October 2011 A&P event funding requests

The October 2011 A&P funding requests are in and 30 event organizers are asking for a total of $433,745.

The request total isn’t nearly as high as last year’s ($737,295), but it’s about twice as much as was eventually awarded ($222,176).

While we’re not sure how much money is available to distribute this time around, the $500,000 in reserve funds the commission recently gave to the Walton Arts Center for a renovation of the AMP shouldn’t have any effect.

In fact, A&P Director Marilyn Heifner told the commission they “probably wouldn’t even see a blip on the radar” at the September meeting.

Below is a brief overview of each of the events that have requested financial help. for full details on each request application, see the complete, 135-page packet in our Documents section.

Event dateEvent2011 Request2010 ReceivedDec. 31, 2011Last Night $19,500-Feb. 23DECA Fashion Show $1,800 $1,828March 9-10Men’s Expo $2,995 -April 7Iron Pig Festival$5,000$1,250April 14-29Earth Day Festival$8,450$2,600April 20-222012 SEC Women’s Golf Championships$7,500-April 20-21Fay. Foam Fest & the NWA Cheese Dip Classic $25,000-April 23-29RockIT Music Week $24,000$7,000April 26-29Joe Martin Stage race $15,000$1,250May 5Dogwood Walk$15,000-March 7-11, May 17-20Arts Live Theatre $2,000$1,000May 18-19Weekend of Champions$12,000$10,000June 1-4, June 8-10NCAA Baseball Regional and Super Regional$12,000-June 17-25AAA all Star Games$30,000$30,000June 21-25AAA Coaches Clinic $27,500$17,250June 24Ozark Valley Triathlon $5,000$1,250July 4Fayetteville Freedom Fireworks $25,000$15,000July 26-29 Fayetteville SCR Water-Ski Championships $12,000-JulyWordCamp $2,000$1,000Aug. 30Hooten High School Football game $18,000 $2,500Sept. 6FEST of ALL$3,000-Sept. 22Tri-State Volleyball Challenge$3,000-Oct. 12Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival $20,000$5,000 Arkansas Entertainers Walk of Fame$5,000- Fayetteville Underground$45,000$3,000 Mural project $13,000- Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center $10,000  Ozark Military Museum $10,000   TheatreSquared $30,000   Washington County Fair Livestock Arena $25,000 Grand Total $433,745

Source: Flyer staff report

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