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YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.[1. Call Meeting to Order]
UH, THIS IS THE, UM, REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE.WE HAVE A QUORUM OF OUR, OF OUR COMMITTEE.
UM, I WILL, I'M NOW CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER, UH, AND I'LL MOVE ON
[a. Receive and discuss presentations from scheduled non-profit organizations that applied for funding. Metrocrest Services World Affairs Council Jewish Family Services Accolade Dance Council of North Texas Outcry Theatre Plano Symphony Orchestra The Classics Theatre Project WaterTower Theatre]
TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS TWO A, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS PRESENTATIONS FROM SCHEDULED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY FOR FUNDING.SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I DO HAVE COPIES OF YOUR PRESENTATION, SO I WILL BRING THEM UP ON YOUR CALLS.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, ISH IS GONNA HELP OUT.
AND WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO ONE MINUTE, HE WILL RAISE HIS HAND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INDICATION OF HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT REMAINING.
THEN IT STUCK TO THE CHAIR TO GIVE YOU ANY FLEXIBILITY IN THAT IF NEEDED.
UM, AFTER THE PRESENTATION, THE COMMITTEE WILL ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS AT THE PODIUM, IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE USING THE CLICKER, I CAN CLICK THROUGH IT FOR YOU AS WELL.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
AND ONCE YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, FEEL FREE TO, TO TAKE OFF.
WE HAVE, UH, NINE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PRESENTING TODAY AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, WE'LL START OFF WITH METRO PRESS S, BUT THEY DIDN'T NEED THE WHOLE FIVE MINUTES.
THAT'S OKAY TOO, RIGHT?
I'M THE CEO OF METRO CREDIT SERVICES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LONG TERM SUPPORT THE COUNCILS PROVIDED US.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KEITH FRANCISCO FOR BEING ON LIAISON.
YES, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT WEEK.
UH, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU
I'M, I'M INTO, 'CAUSE I HAVE TIME FOR SEVEN MINUTES ON.
UM, SO WHO WE ARE, UM, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THE 2019, WE SERVED ABOUT 12,000 INDIVIDUALS OVERALL WHO SERVED ADD FA HARTON FARM GRANT, PART OF 58 DALLAS, BUT 12,000 LAST YEAR, ABOUT ABOUT 24,000 INDIVIDUALS.
UH, WE'RE ENROLLING 12 PAY DOWNS ARE BETWEEN 9,000, 30,000 UNIT THIS YEAR BY 20% INCREASE VERSUS LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, WE'RE SEEING A HUGE INCREASE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE JANUARY HOUR YEAR.
ABOUT 30% OF THOSE WE SERVE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
A LOT OF FAMILIES COMING THROUGH OUR PLACE BY 10% OF SENIORS.
OUR MISSION'S ALL ABOUT SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
WE MAKE SURE WE HELP EVERYBODY THRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY MAY LIVE THOSE CORE VALUES.
YOU MAY GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INTERCONNECTIVITY, ALL THE BARGAINS WE HAVE THAT LEAD TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
UH, MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR NEW BUILDING AND JOSIE AND BELTLINE BEEN THERE TWO YEARS NOW.
IT'S ALLOWED US TO DO A LOT OF NEW THINGS.
OBVIOUSLY WE PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS SERVICES.
WE HELP BUILD ECONOMIC STABILITY AND WE'VE HELPED ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE.
ON THE FOOD ASSISTANCE SIDE, MOST OF YOU KNOW ABOUT FOOD PANTRY.
THEY'RE DISTRIBUTING, UH, 17,000 POUNDS OF FOOD EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
TEXAS, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, IS THE NUMBER ONE FOOD INSECURE STATE IN COUNTRY WE'RE NUMBER THREE IN FOOD INSECURITY FOR SENIORS.
HELD ABOUT 80 FAMILIES, UM, EVERY MONTH OF STATE HOUSE OF EVICTION AND THE HOMELESS SIDE, WE ENCOUNTER THIS PAST 12 MONTHS.
640 INDIVIDUALS, UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS IN MY TERRITORY.
ABOUT 116 OF THOSE FROM ADDISON ON THE BUILD ECONOMIC BUILDING SIDE IS ALL ABOUT JOBS.
GOOD BOY JOB TRANSFORMING FAMILIES HAS GENERATIONAL IMPACT AND ANTI QUALITY OF LIFE IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT NEWER FOR US.
THE NEW FACILITY OF LARGER SPACE, MEETING ROOM, CLASSROOM, ET CETERA, ALLOWS US A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'LL HAVE A HEALTHCARE NAVIGATOR ON SITE TO HELP, UH, NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITY OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND WHAT WE ALL THOSE.
ON THE SENIOR SERVICES SIDE, THOUGH, WE DO DELIVER GROCERIES, COUNSELING WE DID NOT DO BEFORE FOR OUR HOME BOUND SENIORS.
UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED A CUNY PARTNER SYSTEM, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THE SPACE TO, UH, TO IN THE PAST A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL COMPLIMENTARY PARTNERING ON SITE, THOSE FOLKS LIKE SERVICES THAT OUR CLIENTS WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT WE DON'T LIKE.
EXAMINE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ON SITE.
UH, WE HOPE COTTAGE PROVIDING PARENTING CLASSES.
UH, THERE'S TOP UP CLINICS AND WE'LL TAKE THE FOOD BANKS ON SIDE STORE.
WE HAVE OVER 30 PARTNERS THAT ARE CONNECTED WITH OUR FACILITY.
WE HAVE WORKSHOPS ON SITE AND FAIRS, ON SITE JOB FAIRS, HIRING FAIRS, HEALTHCARE FAIRS.
UH, WE HAVE LEGAL AID ON SITE AS WELL, UH, WHICH IS FREE TO OUR CLIENTS.
AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, I'LL GO THROUGH THEM ALL.
ONE I DON'T HAVE ON THERE IS THE PARKLAND HOMES VAN.
IT IS A VEHICLE FROM PARKLAND HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES HEALTHCARE FOR OUR OWN HOUSE.
THEY, AND WE HAVE A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE GUYS.
UM, SO I WANNA MAKE I COVER THIS SLIDE FOR SURE.
UH, SO FISCAL YEAR 25, OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS IN SEPTEMBER, AS DOES THE CITIES.
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TO SERVE 1,655UM, WE HAVE ONLY 5% INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26TH.
TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE NO CLUE.
MOST OF US, THE SERVICES DON'T HAVE REALLY GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT THE PROTECTION'S GONNA BE CONSIDERING THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY.
UM, WE PROJECTED WE WOULD SERVE 1300 OR SO THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE SERVING ABOUT 20% MORE THAT ANTICIPATED AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
AND IT'S LITTLE BIT SHOCK EVENING.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS NUMBER UNTIL JUST LAST DAYS.
IN 2023, WE SERVED 1023 ADDISON RESIDENTS.
UH, IN TERMS OF THIS EPISODE, UM, I'M NOT STICK TOO MUCH HERE, BUT, UH, EVERYWHERE I GO I TALK A BIT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT NONPROFIT SECTORS HAVING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HERE ONE THE NONPROFITS, I DON'T IF IT AFFECTS MY NONPROFIT PARTNERS HERE, BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING HAS AFFECTED METRO OR SERVICE HASN'T.
AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS IN YOUR PACKAGE.
CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST RISK FOR US IS THE LOSS OF FOOD.
THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK, THEY'RE VERY RELIANT ON THE GOVERNMENT USTA FINDINGS DRAMATICALLY FOR THE FOOD BANK SYSTEM.
WE PROJECT, WE LOSE AS MUCH AS 20% OF ALL THE FOOD WE DISTRIBUTE OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD.
SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE SEEING THIS A GENERAL DECLINE IN DONATIONS AND SUPPORT FROM THE IN GOOD COMPANIES.
ET UH, THIS YEAR YOU GENEROUSLY PROVIDED US $162,721 TO, UH, FOR OUR SERVICES OF EVERYBODY, ADDISON SPECIFIC RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR A DECREASE TO 285 THAT IS 80, 30% DECREASE.
AND THAT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT OUR NUMBERS HAVE DRAMATICALLY, AGAIN, OF 62% VERSUS JUST TWO YEARS AGO AND JUST INCREASE THE COST OF FOOD, HOUSING, ET CETERA.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERATION.
I GOT NOTIFIED
SO, UH, SO THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE, THE REQUEST THIS YEAR COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID THIS LAST YEAR.
'CAUSE THIS THE CURRENT YEAR, WE STARTED IT LIKE 130 SOMETHING AND WE THEN WE ADJUSTED THAT AND WENT TO THE 165, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO, FOR, TO THE, NOT THE, THE HOUSING, THE HOMELESS RESPONSE $23,000.
SO IS, IS THIS 60 ISH THOUSAND NOW? IS THAT FOR THAT OR IS THAT FOR THE FOOD PANTRY MOSTLY? THIS IS MAINLY FOR NON-HOME SERVICE.
WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE BULK OF THE, THE REQUEST FOR ALL THE BASIC NEEDS YES.
OF EMERGENCY SIDE, UH, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, SPENDING ABOUT A HUNDRED GRAND A MONTH OVERALL ON RENT ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE, THE PANTRY JUST, UH, WENT FROM 12,000 POUNDS OF FOOD A DAY UNTIL 17,000 POUND FOOD DAY FOR A FEW MONTHS.
TRACY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON YOUR SLIDE.
WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED, THE, OH, THERE, UH, NO, IT'S GOT THE AMOUNT OF ADDISON RESIDENTS AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED.
AND SO CAN YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE US AN EXAMPLE, JUST KIND OF TALK US THROUGH THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THOSE RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, IF, IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO THE, THE, LET'S SAY THE FOOD CAMP PRE FIVE, FIVE TIMES IN YEAR, 12 TIMES IN A YEAR, OKAY.
IS THAT, IS THAT INCLUDED IN THAT 5,440? IS THAT, I BELIEVE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE HERE, IT IS A, A UNIQUE SERVICE.
SO YOU MIGHT GET FOOD PANTRY, YOU MIGHT GET RENT SUPPORT, YOU MIGHT ATTEND A JOB FAIR, YOU MIGHT BE A COMPUTER LAB, YOU MIGHT BE A SENIOR HAVING JUST DELIVER AT LUNCH, ET CETERA.
AND SO WE DO WANT FOLKS TO KEEP COMING BACK OR PROVID SERVICE.
BUT THE POINT I THINK I'M MAKING A POINT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT WE ARE SEEING FAMILIES STAY WITH US A LOT LONGER.
IN OF THOSE 29,000 FEET WORKING SERVED IN THIS NEXT YEAR, OR WE'RE SERVING RIGHT NOW ON THIS ON PHASE, PROBABLY 85% OF THEM WILL ACCESS FOOD SERVICES, FOOD PANTRY, MOBILE PANTRY STUFF.
I WAS JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, WHATEVER.
AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WHAT I'M DRIVING AT IS IF THEY USE SOME EDUCATION SOMETHING OR ANOTHER TWICE, DO YOU JUST COUNT THAT AS ONCE ONE.
I THINK THE, WHAT THAT WILL DO AND SMARTER NUMBERS, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT FAMILIES MISSING BANK 12.
BUT THAT COUNTS AS ONE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M DRIVING AT IS IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, TYPICAL ADDISON RESIDENTS SERVE AS USING THREE AND A QUARTER, THREE LITTLE OVER THREE DIFFERENT UNIQUE, UH, SERVICES.
WE'RE ENGAGED IN AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE COMING IN SPENDING BECAUSE OF CRISIS, MAKE THE CRISIS, UH, WE EXPOSE.
ANYTHING ELSE? NO, TRACY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CHRIS.
ALL YOU ALL YOU GUYS DO STINK.
NEXT UP IS, UH, WORLD AFFAIRS STATS.
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WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE BACK HERE.
AS THE MAYOR KNOWS, I'M GONNA WALK AND I'M THE INTERIM PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AFTER HAVING BEEN THE PRESIDENT FOR, UH, ABOUT 20 YEARS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS I WILL, UH, NOT BE IN THE POSITION FOR MORE THAN PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING, UH, APPLICANTS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THE POSITION.
SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE MISSION OF THE ROYAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL REMAINS CONSTANT.
AND I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT, UH, WE'LL SEE, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP, NOT JUST WITH ADDISON, BUT WITH THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, WILL, WILL, WILL BE VERY GOOD.
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ADDISON GOES BACK PROBABLY ABOUT 15 YEARS WHEN, UH, ADDISON HAD, UH, WORLD FEST ALWAYS GET WORLD QUEST AND WORLD FEST BECAUSE WORLD QUEST IS OUR ACADEMIC COMPETITION, WHICH MANY STUDENTS FROM ADDISON PARTICIPATE IN.
WE ARE PROBABLY THE STILL CONTINUE TO BE THE KEY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
A LINK BETWEEN THE WORLD IN NORTH TEXAS.
UH, WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS IN SUPPORTING PROTOCOL WITH DALLAS AND MCKINNEY USED TO HAVE A FRISCO AND I'M GONNA GET THAT REESTABLISHED.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IS TO BE REALLY THE EYES AND EARS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE STAFF.
AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT THAT PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY IN LEADERSHIP WOULD CALL AND SAY, I'M GETTING A CALL ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION WITH A DIPLOMAT FROM CHINA OR TURKEY OR, OR WE'RE GETTING READY TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS.
WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL? AND WE HAVE A STAFF AT THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL THAT HANDLES THOSE ISSUES.
UH, WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR 25,000.
WE USED TO RECEIVE MORE MONEY.
AND THEN THIS TOWN OF ADDISON, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I'M NOT SURE, A CHANGE OF FOCUS OF, UH, HERE.
UM, UH, WE DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FOR A FEW YEARS.
AND AGAIN, MY GOAL IS TO, TO REESTABLISH THAT THE KEY THINGS THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO THE CITY, TO THE TOWN, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A TOWN.
'CAUSE I USED TO STOP HERE ALL THE TIME, GET ICE CREAM.
UM, UH, WOULD BE, UH, I'M, UH, INCREASING VISIBILITY.
UH, WE WERE VERY INVOLVED WITH IUM TOWN.
UH, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE'S ABOUT, UH, 60 REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT SERVED IN
UH, WE DO THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE THAT BRINGS ABOUT 300 VISITORS TO DALLAS, TO NORTH TEXAS.
AND QUITE OFTEN WE WOULD DO THOSE PROGRAMS. AND, UH, ADDISON AND I LEARNED THAT YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE SAME, UH, INCUBATOR THAT YOU HAD A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE STILL PROVIDE THESE INTRODUCTIONS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, TODAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A PROGRAM WITH CHARLES WALL AND IS A MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL.
YOU WOULD BE INVITED TO SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THIS, THE GOVERNOR OF THE FEDERAL PRESERVE.
SO IN SHORT, THIS HAVE A MINUTE, 44 SECONDS LEFT.
WE ARE A CONNECTOR TO LEADERSHIP INTERNATIONALLY.
WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE TOWN OF MADISON.
I'M REALLY EAGER TO HAVE MORE PROGRAMS HERE.
WE USED TO HAVE TWO OR THREE PROGRAMS AT THE THEATER AS WELL AS AT THE ART CENTER.
YOU WOULD BE INCLUDED OR PASSES TO VARIOUS EVENTS THAT I THINK WE FIND OF INTEREST.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING IS THE IMPACT THAT WE MAKE WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
JUST TWO DAYS AGO, WE HOSTED IN RICHARDSON, UM, 70 TEACHERS FROM AROUND THE METROPLEX TO REALLY LEARN HOW TO TEACH GLOBAL EDUCATION AND CRITICAL THINKING, MEDIA LITERACY.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION I THINK OF TOWN THAT DOES IT AT THAT LEVEL.
UH, AND I'LL QUIT AT 57 SECONDS UNLESS READY TO LOOK NEXT.
I LEFT SOMETHING OUT AND WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, THAT, THAT'S THE ONE MINUTE.
I KNOW WHEN I CAME HOME ONE DAY AND MY WIFE SAID, IS YOUR NAME JIM FA? AND I WENT, WHAT? AND SHE GOES, THEY CUT YOU OFF RIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
YOU DIDN'T GET TO SAY JIM FA
WELL, THANK YOU JIM, VERY MUCH.
YEAH, SO JIM, UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND UH, NICE TO SEE YOU BACK IN DALLAS.
I KNOW YOU'D RATHER BE BACK IN SANTA FE THOUGH.
UM, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIP LEVELS.
AND THIS IS, THERE'S A F THERE'S 15 AND A 25 AND THEN IT GOES UP
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FROM THERE.AND SO THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S TWO OTHER CITIES THAT ARE MEMBERS, IS THAT RIGHT? DALLAS.
SO BACK IN THE DAY, WE, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS.
WE HAD A GRANT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NOW THE COUNCIL HAS MOVED MORE TOWARDS INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND AS I LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED EARLIER, UH, I, ON 25,000 SEEMED TO BE A REASONABLE LEVEL FROM BOTH, FOR BOTH PARTIES.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY YOU ADJUSTED THE, UH, THE REQUEST FROM 1525, RIGHT? YES SIR.
AND SO WHAT IS, IS MCKINNEY AT THE 15 OR THE 25? RACHEL MCKINNEY'S AT 15 AND CITY OF DALLAS IS AT 25.
AND TO THROW JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY UP ON IT, EVEN THOUGH I'M IN SANTA FE AND I MEAN I'M THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICAS OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, ANSWER ANY CALLS IF YOU WOULD, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ON PROTOCOL OR POLITICAL ISSUES SINCE I HAVE THE, WELL, I WISH I HAD THE GRAY HERE.
ANYTHING ELSE? QUESTIONS? I I'VE GOT ONE.
SO, UH, PART OF THE MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AT THIS LEVEL IS THE TWO PROGRAM SPONSORSHIPS.
CAN YOU GIVE US A BRIEF IDEA OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT KIND OF ATTENDANCE YOU WOULD SEE? YEAH, I, I, UM, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, UM, WHO THE, WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
UH, IT COULD BE AS LARGE AS SEVERAL HUNDRED AND DOING IT OUT AT THE HOTEL, UH, OR IT COULD BE A AUTHOR EVENT.
I REMEMBER YEARS AGO WE HAD BLUE DOGS IN ADDISON.
UH, I FORGOT, I GUESS IT WAS AT CONVENTION CENTER, UH, OR BUT IT WAS IN ADDISON.
AND WE COULD WORK WITH YOU TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM.
UH, I DON'T KNOW, IS THE, UH, INDIAN, AMER INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL STILL HELD HERE? I DON'T THINK SO, NO.
BUT WE DID, WE CORRESPOND TO THAT WITH THE TOWN OF ADDISON BACK IN AT LEAST 2016 THROUGH 2019.
AND OBVIOUSLY ALL THESE TRIBAL PROGRAMS ARE TO OUR MEMBERS AND, AND, AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD COME WITH THAT LEVEL OF YES SIR.
SPONSORSHIP WHERE YOU'D COME US AND SAY, HEY, I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS.
AND DO I'M COMING TO US AND SAY, WE HAVE THIS LEAD, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON FOR US? GREAT.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S ONE THING.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 25 AND THE 15TH, UH, MEMBERSHIP? DUNNO, RACHEL
SO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE A PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP.
IT INCLUDES ONE, UM, HIGH LEVEL INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP THAT ALLOWS YOU ACCESS TO DIFFERENT VIP DINNERS AND EXCLUSIVE BRIEFINGS.
UM, DOESN'T INCLUDE A TABLE AT OUR SPRING FUNDRAISER, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN IT ONLY HAS, UM, 15 PROGRAM PASSES TO BE USED ONCE THE THE STAFF.
YEAH, I KNOW, MAYOR, YOU'VE BEEN TO THE MALLON DINNER.
KEYS IS GONNA BE HONORED THIS YEAR.
WHO I KNOW USED TO HAVE HIS FLEET OF PLANES IN THE AIRPORT.
GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW.
ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT STEP IS JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE.
WE ARE A NON-SECTARIAN ORGANIZATION.
WE JUST CELEBRATED 75 YEARS OF SERVING THE GREATER DALLAS COMMUNITY AND WE ARE NOW BECOMING A TOWN ASSET RESIDENT.
UH, OUR BUSINESS IS MOVING, UH, YOU'LL SEE PICTURES SHORTLY JUST OFF OF FORUM, RIGHT BEHIND THE MARY KAY BUILDING.
UH, AS OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WE ACTUALLY GO ON CONSTRUCTION ON MONDAY AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REQUEST, WHICH IS, I JUST PUT RIGHT THERE.
SO OUR REQUEST IS $50,000, UH, IN SUPPORT OF OUR FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM.
UH, LIKE TRACY, OUR ORGANIZATION, VERIZON VARIETY OF SERVICES.
BUT AT UH, OUR PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION WE LIKE TO SAVE OUR
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TITLE LINE IS AN OPEN DOOR OLOGY.AND REASON IS THAT OUR FOOD PANTRY TENDS TO BE THE ENTRY POINT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN SOME WAY WITH A VARIETY OF ISSUES.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO ASK FOR, I MEAN, THAN IT IS TO COME IN AND SAY, BUT I'M ALSO HAVING HEALTHCARE ISSUES.
I'M ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
I'M TAKING CARE OF THE SENIOR PARENT.
I LOSE MY JOB AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO COME IN AND ASK FOR FOODS.
THAT TENDS TO BE, YOU'LL HEAR BETWEEN HIS NUMBERS AND MY NUMBERS.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
WE PROVIDE HERE AROUND ACCESS.
CURRENTLY IT'S OVER FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
IT WILL BE OPEN EVENTUALLY FIVE DAYS BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A LARGER PANTRY.
IT'S ALMOST THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF OUR EXISTING PANTRY.
IT IS CLIENT CHOICE AND PRODUCT POINT OUT CLIENT APPOINTMENT UPDATES.
UH, WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME IN, WE GIVE OVER EMERGENCY FOOD BACK AND MAKE APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE OPERATE.
WE FOLLOW A CLIENT YOUR CHOICE MODEL, WHICH MEANS THAT JUST LIKE A GROCERY STORE, YOU ACTUALLY SHOP FOR YOUR FOOD BASED ON YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.
UH, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF VERY HEALTHY FOOD THAT IS NUTRITIOUS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE WAYS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO COOK WITH THE FOOD THAT IS EITHER DONATED TO US AND WHAT THAT WE PURCHASE.
ABOUT 30% OF OUR FOOD COMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK.
30% IS DONATED BY A PARTNER, ENTITIES LIKE KROGER, TOM THUMB POLICY, AND THEN WE PURCHASE DIFFERENCE.
SO THE DEFENSE FOCUS REQUEST WILL HELP US WITH THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE.
UH, THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO, WE'RE KNOWN FOR HAVING, UH, DIAPERS, WIPES, TOILETRIES, HAVING THESE COULD BE ADULT DIAPERS AS WELL.
IF YOU NEED CAP KOSHER FOOD OR SPECIALTY FOOD MEETINGS, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, TRUST THEM TOO.
AND I WANT POINT OUT THAT WE FOLLOW A WHOLE PERSON CARE MODEL NOW THAT WE HAVE ADDED MEDICAL SERVICES.
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND PRIMARY CARE CLINIC WITH FOUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND THREE INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPISTS LOCATED ON THIS LOCATION.
UH, IN 2027, WE WILL ADD A, AND SO ALONG WITH THE FOOD PANTRY, AGAIN,
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF ADDISON RESIDENTS, BUT THESE ARE OUR TOTAL FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
UH, OUR, THAT'S HOW WE MEASURE OUR FISCAL YEAR.
YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS ABOUT 10,000 CLIENTS RECEIVED, UH, FOOD PANTRY SERVICES.
UM, WE HAVE A CURRENTLY, SO THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS A THOUSAND S AND RESIDENTS AND EVERYTHING, THAT'S WHEN WE SERVED 26,000 UNDUPLICATED PEOPLE.
BUT AS TRACY WILL HEAR YEAR OVER YEAR DIFFERENT THAN WE WENT TO 17,000 AND SO IT DROPPED 405.
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING UP RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ANTICIPATE FOR THIS CAP OF THIS REQUEST AT LEAST 800 ABSENT RESIDENTS.
AND IN ANSWER TO MARLOW'S QUESTION TOO, UH, THAT YOU HAD ASKED TRACY, ARE MOST OF OUR CLIENTS AVERAGE AT LEAST THREE UNIQUE SERVICES, UH, AT OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL COME TO THE FOOD PANTRY, THEY'LL GET CASE MANAGEMENT THAT THEIR EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WE'LL FIGURE OUT IF THEY NEED HELP WITH A SENIOR CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN CONNECTING TO THOSE VARIOUS SERVICES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION ALL ON PATH TOWARDS, UH, SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THIS IS WHAT OUR NEW FOOD PANTRY WILL LOOK LIKE.
UH, THE FUNDS ARE GONNA BE USED TO RESTOCK.
THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT SNAP WON'T HELP US WITH, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN TAKE, BUT WHEN SNAP GOES AWAY, ALL OF YOUR FOOD PANTRIES ARE ANTICIPATING HAVING TO PURCHASE MORE FOOD.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT IS A CHALLENGE.
AND THEN THE LAST IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN OUR BUILDING.
UH, THIS ON THE LOWER SIDE IS OUR MONTHLY THINNER.
IT'S ACTUALLY A SECURED, UH, PORTAL.
SO WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PURPOSE AND A REASON FOR BEING AT THE FACILITY.
BUT THAT'S OUR WELCOME CENTER.
UH, WE HAVE AN ONSITE 200 PERSON TRAINING FACILITY THAT WE BUFFALO, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES IN CITY OF GASTON TO COME USE, UH, AND FOR RESERVE.
AND THEN THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PRIMARY CARE CLINIC.
SO HE STAYS VERY PROFESSIONAL.
QUESTION, KATHY, WHEN DO YOU, UH, LOOKS EXPECT TO BE, UH, OPEN FOR OPERATIONS IN, IN ADDISON THEN? UH, SO WE'RE REIMBURSED.
WHEREAS RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON BUDGET ON TIME, UH, AND IT'S A SIX MONTH, IT'S JUST A SIX MONTH.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING YOU SAID ON THE ADDISON RESIDENT.
UH, THAT YOU SERVE FOR WHAT, THIS YEAR? IT IS, IT IS 4 0 5.
SO THE NUMBERS WENT THROUGH JULY OF WEEK BEFORE.
WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THIS YEAR, SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY FOUR.
OH, WE SUBMIT 'EM TO YOU BY, OH, THE PROJECTED PROJECTION IS WHAT, 850 FOR THIS? SO FISCAL 26 FOR US WILL BE AUGUST ONE THROUGH JULY 26TH.
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OKAY.I WILL PROB THIS IS BEFORE YOU SHOULD KNOW A LOT OF THESE PROJECTIONS WERE BEFORE AND ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT'S LIKE, I WILL ALSO TELL THOUGH THAT WE KNOW THAT SPEND ABOUT $45 PER PERSON, UH, FOR THEIR THREE WEEKS TECHNICALLY OF GROCERIES.
AND SO THAT BY 800, WE'RE INVESTING $145,000 ON THE 800 RESIDENCE JUST IN THE FOOD PANTRY ABOVE.
SO YOUR 50,000 WILL COVER TELL US COVER SOME OF THAT COST TO THE ORGANIZATION.
AND THESE ARE, THIS IS ACTUAL FOOD WE HAVE.
UM, I I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT I DO HAVE A THANK YOU FOR YOU.
UM, ONE OF YOUR TEAMMATES GAVE ME A TOUR OF THE FACILITY AND, AND SO THAT'S EXCITING.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVEN'T RENOVATED IT YET, BUT, BUT THE SPACE IS IS IS NICE.
IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN IT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU YOU ALLOWING THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THE ONES THAT CAME UP.
I WOULD'VE OFFERED WOULD BE A HARD THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
SHE, HI, MY NAME'S RACHEL CROSS.
I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF EQUITY COMMUNITY
UM, WE'VE BEEN USING THE ESSENCE MEMBER PERFORMING ARTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND GETTING TO PERFORM AT THE STUDIO SPACE.
UM, AND SO WE'RE, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TO GET TO SENT TO YOU.
SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY WELCOMING TO US AND, UM, LOVELY TO WORK WITH.
UM, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE AND EXCELLENT PERFORMING ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES IN THE AREA.
UM, IT STARTED BY FAMILIES THAT WERE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN AND WE WERE STRUGGLING TO FIND AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE EXCELLENT.
AND SO PARENTS AND FAMILIES, UM, CAME TOGETHER AND HAVE CREATED SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR PRIME PREJUDICE CAST THAT PERFORMED OUT OF THE STUDIO THEATER THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, WE HAVE STRONG VALUES OF AFFORDABILITY BEING ACCESSIBLE TO ANY CHILD, ANY FAMILY.
UM, WE WANNA SWING THE DOOR WIDE OPEN SO THAT MORE CHILDREN, MORE FAMILIES CAN PARTICIPATE IN PERFORMING OFFICE.
WE TWO KIDS, THOSE ARE BOTH PERFORM THE STUDIO STUDIO THEATER AS WELL.
UM, WE THINK THERE ARE, THE DEMAND IS HIGH FOR YOUTH THEATER AND WE THINK THERE ARE SO MANY MORE KIDS OUT THERE WHO JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE.
OH, UM, OUR FUNDING REQUEST, WE'RE REQUESTING $15,000 TO HELP FUND, UM, FOR PERFORMANCES AT THE ADD COMPUTER CENTER.
THAT'S AN UPDATE TO OUR APPLICATION.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADD A FOURTH SET OF DAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, AND THAT'S NEWSY LISTED THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO WE WILL BE PERFORMING THE W BUSHLAND WARDROBE AND WE'LL GET TO USE THE MAIN STAGE FOR OUR FIRST TIME.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, TO BRING NAR NARNIA TO THE MAIN STAGE, UH, A YEAR WITH ROCK AND TO KIDS.
WE'LL BE IN THE STUDIO THEATER.
AND THEN, UM, IN SUMMER OF 2026, WE ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING A CAMP.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND YOU CAN GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, AND THEN NEW SEASON IS THE BOARD PERFORMANCE.
WE JUST OPENED SIGNUPS FOR THAT.
UM, IT FILLED IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
AND WE HAVE A BIG LONG VAGUE LIST.
SO WE OPENED 75 SPOTS AND I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 35 KIDS WAITING ON WAIT LIST.
SO, UM, IN FACT WE WERE SCRAMBLING TEXTING DECK JACK TO SEE CAN WE GET DATES IN THE STUDIO HERE? COULD WE ADD A THIRD SHOW, UM, OR A THIRD CAST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY KIDS WHO WANNA PARTICIPATE.
UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A CAST OF 80 KIDS.
UM, THE LINE OF WHICH THE WARDROBE WE ESTIMATE, USUALLY THERE'S ABOUT 10 TO 12, SOMETIMES 15 PATRONS REPRESENTED FOR EVERY CAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN CONSISTENTLY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE CAT SIZE WE EXPECT, I'M SORRY, THE AUDIENCE SIZE.
WE EXPECT TO SEE, UM, AS WELL AS THE STUDENT MAT MAY, WE'RE GONNA OFFER TO, UM, AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE GEORGE HERBERT WALKER ELEMENTARY, AS WELL AS HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES.
WE'LL BE OFFERING THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN FROG TO WILL BE IN STUDIO THEATER IN MARCH ONTO THE NEXT ONE.
OUR THEATER CAMP, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GET TO TAKE OVER THE SPACE FOR A WEEK WEEK AND OFFER
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BOTH A PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY WITH FINDING MO UH, KIDS AND A TECHNICAL THEATER CAMP, UM, WHERE WE WILL BE BRINGING IN SOME PROFESSIONALS TO TRAIN KIDS HIGH SCHOOLERS, UM, ON THE TECHNICAL THEATER SIDE.SO WE'RE REALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND THE THOUGHT IS WE JUST WANTED TO FILL THAT SPACE FOR A WEEK WITH FAMILIES, BRINGING FAMILIES TO THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER, UM, GETTING, GETTING AN EXPOSURE AND, UH, FILLING THAT SPACE WITH, WITH PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, BRINGING THEM TO ADDISON.
AND THEN OUR LAST PRODUCTION WILL BE NEWSIES ON THE MAIN STAGE AGAIN.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE A CAST SIZE OF 50 TO 60.
THOSE WILL BE HIGH SCHOOLERS AND YOU CAN SEE OUR ESTIMATED AUDIO SIZE AS WELL.
SO, AND THEN WE HAVE LISTED OUT, UM, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES AS WELL AS THE DATES.
UM, WE WANNA LIGHT UP THOSE NIGHTS, UM, AT THE, AT THEATER CENTER AND ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT AND GET TO WELCOME IN KIDS AND FAMILIES.
WE THINK THEY'RE ALSO NOT ONLY THE FUTURE PERFORMERS, BUT THE FUTURE THEATER GOERS.
SO WE WANT TO PROMOTE ALL THE ARTS AND ALL THE PERFORMING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE SEE OUR IMPACT AS, AGAIN, OFFERING BOTH AFFORDABLE AND EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES TO KIDS AND FAMILIES.
UM, WE WANT TO ATTRACT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO THE ADDISON AREA.
WE THINK YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AREA HERE.
OUR KIDS LOVE COMING DOWN HERE.
UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A THRIVING PROGRAM, THAT THERE IS DEMAND, THERE ARE MORE KIDS THAN WE CAN REACH.
UM, AND WE WANNA BRING THAT TO, TO ADDISON, CONTINUE TO OFFER AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED TO OFFER THIS MAP NAME PERFORMANCE TO GET TO REACH OUT TO AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS HOME SCHOOL FAMILIES TO HAVE A FIELD TRIP LIKE EXPERIENCE THE ADDISON THEATER CENTER THAT THEY COULD SEE WHEN GO TO THE WARDROBE AND MAYBE DO SOME BACKSTAGE TOURING.
UM, SO WE'RE ALL ABOUT EDUCATING AND GIVING KIDS A CHANCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I LANDED ONTO MY TABLE.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR RACHEL? I'VE GOT, YEAH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA YOUR AVERAGE TICKET PRICE? USUALLY IT'S $12 FOR A STRAIGHT PLAY, SOMETIMES MUSICAL, DEPENDING ON OUR VENUE.
AND OUR TUITION OR LOW TUITION, UM, PROGRAM IS $50.
AND WHERE IS YOUR REHEARSAL SITE? DO YOU REHEARSE AT YOUR, AT YOUR ADDRESS ON THE APPLICATION OR WHERE DO YOU DO THAT? NO, WE REHEARSE IN RICHARDSON.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF RICHARDSON IS A REHEARSAL.
AND THEN HAVE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT THEATER CAMP FOR A WHILE? NO, THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE OFFERED WORKSHOPS.
UM, THIS IS OUR SECOND SUMMER IN OFFICE, SOME WORKSHOPS, BUT WE WANTED TO DO A CAMP, SO IT WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME DOING THAT.
I, I THINK THE RESPONSE WILL BE, I THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL BE, BUT YEAH.
AND YOU, YOU PROBABLY SAID THAT I, I JUST MISSED IT, BUT, UM, YEAH, AND I LIKE THAT YOU'RE DOING NOT JUST THE ON STAGE ROLES IN THAT CAMP THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THE, THE TECHNICAL SIDE TOO.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, RICH.
JUST A COUPLE MORE REAL QUICK ONES.
AND CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXISTING RELATIONSHIP WITH ADDISON? AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT HISTORICALLY, LIKE HOW MANY SHOWS HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE DID, AND IT'S IN THE APPLICATION.
WE, UH, AND WRITING WE THE FOOD OF KIDS, WE DO THREE LAST YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THREE TO FOUR, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, I THINK WE'VE PERFORMED OUT OF THERE THE LAST TWO, TWO YEARS.
WE, THIS IS ONLY OUR FIFTH SEASON, SO WE'RE RELATIVELY YOUNG.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ADDING SHOWS.
I THINK OUR FIRST YEAR WE HAD ONE SHOW OR TWO SHOWS, AND IT GREW FOUR.
NOW WE HAVE A SEASON OF SEVEN, SO FOUR OF THOSE WILL TAKE, THREE OF THOSE WILL TAKE PLACE WITH US IN THEATER CENTER.
AND IT'S ALL BEEN IN THE STUDIO, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT YOU'LL MOVE ON TO THE MAIN STAGE.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A, A GREAT HISTORY OF OF GETTING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR YOUR SHOWS AS WELL.
I THINK ATTENDANCE TO USE THEATER TENDS TO PRETTY MUCH TO BE THEIR EXACTLY.
AND THE CAMP IS GONNA BE AT OUR THEATER CENTER.
WE HAD ADVANCE COUNCIL AFTERNOON.
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I'M PRESIDENT OFAND MRS. DONNA MILLER, SHE'S AN ON OUR COMPANY, SO HAS, UM, LEARNED ORGANIZATION AND NONPROFIT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, AROUND FOR 52 YEARS.
AND OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE DANCE IN ALL ITS FORM.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW AUDIENCES.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO SHOW DANCE.
AND IN 2018, WE STARTED THE DALLAS DANCE FILM FESTIVAL.
AND IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR DANCERS AND FILMMAKERS TO SHOW THEIR WORKS.
AND, UH, WE'RE VERY, WE'RE VERY CHEAP.
WE'RE LIKE $15 AND $25 TO SUBMIT.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST A WHOLE NEW WAY OF SEEING DANCE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TO A DANCE, LIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE RECITAL? THEY MADE YOU GO TO YOUR KIDS' RECITAL A WAY MORE THAN THAT, WATCHING FOOTBALL GAME, RIGHT? THE HOCKEY GAME? WERE YOU THERE? BUT, UM, UH, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST IMAGE, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THESE WERE TWO PRIMA BALLERINAS THAT RETIRED AND THEY FILMED THIS UNDERWATER AT, AT, UH, IN, AT, IN THE WINTER, IN THE PANHANDLE FLORIDA.
AND SO SHE IS CALLED LIMINALITY AND SHE WAS EXPLORING WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN ODED, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN SWAN LAKE AT THE END, SHE GUIDES INTO THE LAKE AND SHE DIES, SUPPOSEDLY.
WELL, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS UNDERWATER.
SO THEY USE THEIR CREATIVITY TO SHOW US, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT EVENTS OF LIFE OR DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES.
I MEAN, THEY'RE OUTSIDE, THEY'RE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
AND WE GET, UM, WE GET FILMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE HAVE, UH, RUSSIANS THAT FILM IN OLD, UH, IN SAME ASYLUMS. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DANCE, THAT SHOOT THEIR FILMS AT NIGHT IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND GET THE FILMS OUT.
UM, WE JUST HAVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PLATFORMS AND, AND, UH, WAYS OF SHOWING THE FILMS TO NEW AUDIENCES IS, UM, OUR, OUR OUR, UH, OH THIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS AN ITALIAN WOMAN THAT LIVES IN WASHINGTON STATE AND SHE SHAVED HER HEAD AND DIED HERSELF PURPLE.
AND HER FILM, THESE FILMS ARE VERY SHORT.
AND SHE IMAGINED HERSELF BEING AN ALIEN THAT WAS DROPPED IN A FOREST.
AND HOW DOES SHE LEARN TO ADAPT? IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO KEEP THE KIDS OUT IF WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE TOP 10.
SO THIS IS A SEVENTH YEAR FOR US, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN ADDISON.
WE'VE BEEN IN
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE BACK IN, IN, UH, ADDISON.
AND, UH, WE'VE HAD OVER A HUNDRED FILMMAKERS FEATURED, UM, PER, PER UH, FESTIVAL.
WE'VE HAD GROWTH OF FROM 100 TO 300 PEOPLE.
AND WE'VE SHOWN THE FILMS IN SCHOOLS, WE'VE SHOWN THEM TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE'VE TRAVELED THEM TO DIFFERENT LIBRARY BLACK BOXES.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT NO, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
THESE WERE SOME OF THE RESPONSES WE HAD FROM, UH, PEOPLE THAT WENT TO THE SHOW THAT WERE LIKE DISPERSED LADY.
UH, LET'S SEE, MARCY, SHE'S ACTUALLY A DANCER AND SHE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
UH, CHRISTY SULLIVAN, SHE'S THE HEAD OF THE DANCE DEPARTMENT AT H DAY, SHE SHOWED HER FILMS TO HER STUDENTS, THE FILM STUDIO STUDENTS, AND USED IT AS A LEARNING TOOL AND THEY HAD TO WRITE REPORTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND, UH, THE DIFFERENT ARTISTS FROM OUT THE WORLD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT HAVE SENT FILMS THAT JUST LOVE HAVING ANOTHER PLACE TO SHOW THEM, THIS IS A RUSSIAN FILM, AND, UH, IT'S ABOUT A MAN THAT, UH, IT'S ABOUT TO COMMIT SUICIDE AND A CAT SAVES HIM, HE NEEDS TO SAY, THE CAT TURNS INTO A, A FEMALE DANCER.
SO WE WOULD THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE IN ADDISON.
WE WOULD, UH, LIKE TO OFFER WORKSHOPS AS PART OF OUR, IT WOULD, WHICH WOULD BE NEW, WHICH WOULD BE PART OF OUR, OUR, UH, SHOW.
AND, UH, WE COULD BRING IN PEOPLE FROM LA AND FROM WASHINGTON STATE THAT ARE WILLING TO
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TEACH DANCE FOR THE CAMERA AND FILMING DANCE.WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT DANCE HERE.
WELL, SO I, I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DANCE.
UH, BUT I I I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURE OUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN, IF YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING HERE.
WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE START ABOUT THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE ACTUAL FESTIVAL AND PEOPLE ENTER THE FILM FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ON A PLATFORM CALLED FILM FREEWAY.
AND THEY PAY THE ENTRY FEES, OR SOMETIMES WE WAIVE FEES DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
AND WE HAVE A PANEL OF JUDGES THAT SELECT THE TOP 10 FILMS. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE THE FESTIVAL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE WATCHING.
YOU COME IN, YOU WATCH THE TOP 10 FILMS, AND YOU ACTUALLY GET UP AND VOTE.
YOU VOTE FOR THE BEST OF FEST AND FOR THE MOST CREATIVE.
AND THOSE TWO, UH, AWARDS ARE $500 AND $250.
AND PEOPLE DRINK A LOT OF WINE AND THEY TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEY NETWORK AND TALK ABOUT THE FILMS. SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF BRINGING DANCE TO NEW AUDIENCES, DANCE TO PEOPLE THAT WHO NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING TO, UH, A LIVE PERFORMANCE.
AND LET ME ASK A FOLLOW, WHERE DO, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT LOCATION, WHERE THAT WOULD PLAY OUT? WELL, WE'VE BEEN IN ALL KINDS OF PLACES.
WE'VE BEEN LIKE, WE WERE AT THE TURNER HOUSE DOWN IN OAK CLIFF, SO WE'VE SHOWN IT IN AN OLD VICTORIAN HOME.
WE'VE BEEN IN BLACK BOXES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD USE THE THEATER, THE, UH, THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE HAVE A ROOM WITH A BLANK WALL, WE COULD PRETTY MUCH GET AWAY WITH IT.
NOW THE, IF WE DO A WORKSHOP ON HOW TO DANCE OR FILM OR HOW TO FILM DANCE, THAT COULD PROBABLY TAKE PLACE OFFSITE, YOU KNOW, AT A STUDIO THAT'S NEARBY DANCE STUDIO.
NO, SARAH RETIRED FROM THE IPEN CENTER.
WELL, I, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE EVENT AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOUR INTEREST IN ADDISON.
SO IT'S A FESTIVAL, RIGHT? SO WOULD THIS BE UNIQUE TO ADDISON? I BELIEVE SO.
SO I'M ASSUMING YOU DO THIS ONCE A YEAR AND ONCE A YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA MOVE IT TO JANUARY.
IT'S WHAT WE FOUND IS EVERYBODY IS NUTCRACKER CRAZY AT THAT TIME OF YEAR.
THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REHEARSING LATE INTO THE NIGHT, SO IT'S HARD TO ATTEND.
WE TEND TO DO OUR THINGS ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE STUDIOS ARE CLOSED, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT IN JANUARY OR FOR, YOU KNOW, WELL WE SAID FEBRUARY ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS IS A FOOTBALL WRITER, AND SO HE SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE IT DURING THIS SEASON.
SO AGAIN, I'M SORRY, WHAT DID YOU ASK? I'M LIKE, SO COVID BRAIN.
YEAH, SO, SO IT'S A FESTIVAL AND I JUST WAS ASKING IF THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY LOCATION IN NORTH TEXAS? YOU KNOW WHAT STEVE DONE IS LIKE KEN BARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HIM.
HE'S A VERY WELL KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT HE HAD BEEN A DANCER WAY BACK WHEN AND THEN STARTED DOING A LOT OF CORPORATE WORK HERE IN DALLAS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HE STARTED PHOTOGRAPHING DANCE AGAIN, SO WE COULD ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF DANCE IMAGES.
WE HAD A PAINTER LAST YEAR COME IN AND SHOW HIS PAINTINGS OF DANCE AND, YOU KNOW, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FESTIVAL.
SO, BUT, AND WE WERE, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US THAT IT WAS, IT'D BE THREE DAYS.
IS THAT TYPICALLY HOW YOU DO IT? NO, IT'S A ONE DAY, ONE DAY SHOWING, MAYBE ONE YEAR IT'LL GROW TO MULTI-DAY, BUT WE SHOW THE FESTIVAL, WE SHOW THE FILMS IN A FESTIVAL STYLE SHOWING ONE TIME A YEAR.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE IN ADDISON.
NOW OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD WOULD BE INVITED, BUT IT'S JUST ONE DAY.
THE WORKSHOPS WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE WORKSHOPS, IT WOULD EITHER BE THAT SAME DAY OR IT COULD BE ANOTHER DAY.
UM, THAT PART IS VERY FLEXIBLE.
UM, DOES THAT HELP? DOES THAT IT DOES.
AND THEN IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SAID AUDIENCE HAS GROWN FROM A HUNDRED TO 300, SO COULD WE EXPECT 300 PEOPLE ON THAT ONE DAY? THAT WOULD BE OUR GOAL IS TO, IS TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE STARTING AT 300 AND THE DANCE, DANCE FILM DANCE IN GENERAL SOMETIMES, BUT PARTICULARLY DANCE FILM TENDS TO SKEW YOUNGER.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING ADDISON BECAUSE
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IT IS SOMEWHAT YOUNGER THAN SAY THE BOOK CLUB PART IN DALLAS.ALSO, MOST OF THE DANCE STUDIOS IN NORTH TEXAS ARE UP INCO PLANO.
SO CAPELLE, YOU KNOW, SOUTH LAKE.
AND IF WE COULD FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR YOU IN THE THEATER, UM, I MEAN, UM, WHAT, WHAT EQUIPMENT WOULD YOU NEED? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THEATER, WE JUST NEED, WE NEED A BIG SCREEN OR AS MARK SAID, A BLANK WALL, BUT A ASHAMED, WE'VE BEEN USING A BIG SCREEN THAT WE, THAT WE HIRE A SOUND AND LIGHTING COMPANY THAT'S WAY DONE IN THE PAST OR LIBRARIES, THE BLACK BOX LIBRARIES IN DALLAS.
SOME OF 'EM HAVE SCREENS ALREADY.
WE USE A SCREEN, WE HAVE A PROJECTOR, WE HAVE A SPEAKER SYSTEM.
IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY COMPLICATED.
WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
EACH FILM IS AROUND 10 TO 15 MINUTES.
SO 10 TIMES 10 IS WHAT? A HUNDRED MINUTES.
SO BASICALLY IT'S UNDER TWO HOURS IF YOU WATCH ALL 10 FILMS. AND THEN WE VOTE ON THE AWARDS THAT MEYER SAID, AND WE HAVE FOOD BE SNACKING, WE ENCOURAGE LOT SNACKING, DRINKING WINE AND DAYLIGHT.
SO ONE YEAR OUR WINNER WAS, UM, A RUSSIAN FILMMAKER.
AND SO THEY, THEY WON THE, DID THEY WIN THE 500? I THINK THEY WON THE 2 50 50, WHICH MIGHT NOT SOUND A LOT, BUT IF YOU'RE A FILMMAKER IN GHANA OR PARTS OF RUSSIA OR PARTS OF HONG KONG, THAT CAN ACTUALLY MEAN A LOT IN TERMS OF MONEY.
BUT IT ALSO MEANS A LOT IN TERMS OF PRESTIGE AND CREDIBILITY FOR YOUR CAREER.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN RUSSIA AND BECAUSE WE ARE THE UNITED STATES, THIS IS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SO IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE IT'S NOW, THEY COULDN'T TAKE THE MONEY BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD BE SUSPECTED OF COLLABORATING WITH YOU.
THEY BECOME ON THE LIST OF, OF FOREIGN AGENTS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEND THEM THEIR, JUST SAVE IT FOR ME AND I'LL ENTER IN THE FUTURE AND CHIP AWAY AT IT.
I SAID, THAT'S A LOT OF ENTRIES.
WELL, I APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND YOUR PRESENTATION.
MIXED UP HIS
UH, MY NAME IS MARZA STEIN AND I AM THE BOARD PRESIDENT, UM, OR THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR PHI THEATER, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT, UH, 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT THEATER COMPANY.
I, WE ARE VERY THANKFUL, UH, FOR THE YEARS OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN OF MADISON.
SOMEONE'S TALKING
UM, I PRIDE THE STRIVES, UM, TO DRAW YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS FROM PLANO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THEATER AS BOTH AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND PARTICIPANTS, UM, INTEGRATING THE ARTS INTO THEIR LIVES AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO BECOME LIFELONG ARTISTS AND ART APPRECIATORS.
UH, CRAIG HERE UTILIZES BOWLS ARTISTIC VISION, HIGHLY PHYSICAL STAGING, AND AN ENERGETIC AND VISCERAL PERFORMANCE STYLE WITH RIGOROUS REHEARSALS, TENACIOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE.
PHI THEATER FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING STELLAR PERFORMANCES AND EXCEPTIONAL STORYTELLING.
PHI THEATER SERVES THE DMW AREA THROUGH PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS.
UH, WE HAVE OUTCRY READS, PRESENTING WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTS, UM, THE OUTCRY COMMUNITY THEATER PROGRAM INVOLVING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND THE OUTCRY YOUTH THEATER PROGRAM ADVOCATING, UH, STUDENTS FROM AGES FIVE TO 18.
UH, FUNDS FROM THE TIME OF ADDISON WILL BE USED TOWARDS PRODUCTION COSTS FOR PERFORMANCES AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING AR ARTS CENTER.
WE PLAN TO PRODUCE FIVE SHOWS THIS COMING YEAR AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UH, BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR TO AUGUST OF 31ST OF 2026.
UH, WE'LL BE PERFORMING ONE PRODUCTION ON THE TERRY MARTIN MAIN STAGE, AND, UH, THREE IN THE STUDIO, AND ONE IN THE STONE COTTAGE AS WELL.
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AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL ALSO BE DOING AN ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION IN THE STUDIO THEATER.THE COST, UM, FOR, UH, MOUNTING A HIGH QUALITY, UH, PRODUCTION IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
AS MANY YOU MIGHT KNOW AND GRANT MONEY FOR THE TENANT ADDISON WILL HELP US WITH, WITH PRODUCTION, UH, SPECIFIC COSTS FOR SETS, PROPS, COSTUMES, AND OTHER EXPENSES AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT OUTCRY THEATER DOES FOR THE TIME OF ADDISON.
UM, OUTCRY THEATER BRINGS PARTICIPANTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX INTO ADDISON.
UM, FOR OUR YOUTH PRODUCTIONS, WE HAVE STUDENTS COMING FROM PLANO, FRISCO, MCKINNEY, UH, DALLAS, ALLEN, CAPELLE RICHARDSON, AND MANY MORE.
UH, OUR PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AT NEARBY RESTAURANTS, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS SHOP THE LOCALS STORES FOR THEIR TIME WHILE THEIR, WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE IN REHEARSALS.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR AUDIENCES ARE PRODUCTIONS AT ADDISON PERFORM.
UM, ART CENTER ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF ADDISON, AND OFTEN WE HAVE AUDIENCE MEMBERS TELL US THAT THEY NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN ADDISON PERFORMING ART CENTER, UM, AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY AND, AND LOVE THE SPACE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, VERY LARGE CAST PARTIES, UH, IN, AT SCHOOL FOLLOWING OUR, UH, PRODUCTIONS.
UM, WE'VE GONE TO RESTAURANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE NATURAL TIME MACHINE, BJ'S, UH, THE LAZY DOG AND VELVET TACO, UH, OUTRIGHT THEATER OFFERS TOP-NOTCH YOUTH COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL THEATER.
PRIDE THEATER'S PROFESSIONAL BRANCH PRESENTS ME CHALLENGING AND RARELY PRODUCE SHOWS, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE METROPLEX.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EDGY MARTIN MCG, MIGUEL MADONNA PLAY THE PILLOW MAN, UH, WHICH WAS PERFORMED AT THE STONE COTTAGE.
UH, WE ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR DOING, UH, ORIGINAL ADAPTATIONS.
UM, IN, IN 20 BEFORE WE DID AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION OF JACQUELINE HYDE AND AT THE STONE COTTAGE.
UM, THIS PAST FEBRUARY, WE PERFORMED THE ORIGINAL, UH, UH, DEVISED IMMERSIVE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE, A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LILY EVERGREEN.
AND IN THE, THE DALLAS OBSERVER.
THEY SAID THAT THIS TYPE OF CREATIVE IMMERSIVE PLAY BROUGHT US TO TEARS AND LAUGHTER.
UH, WE TREAT OUR PRODUCTIONS TO EITHER PROFESSIONAL WITH EXCEPTIONAL ATTENTION AND CARE.
WE WORK WITH OUR ACTORS TO CREATE DETAILED POLISHED PERFORMANCES AND WE INCORPORATE ENTERTAINING CHOREOGRAPHY, HIGHLY SPECIFIC STAGING AND INTERESTING, UH, DESIGN ELEMENTS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR PRODUCTIONS ARE ENTERTAINING AND MOVING.
UM, THIS IS A QUICK, UH, REVIEW OF THE PRODUCTIONS THAT WE ACCOMPLISH IN OUR COMPANY FOR 2024.
UM, THE PRODUCTIONS THAT WE PRODUCED IN ADDISON, UH, DURING THAT TIME IS WILLY WONKA, THE PILLOWMAN, THE HOBBIT
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION, A THEATER, UM, LOVES PERFORMING AT THE ADDISON PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UH, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE 2012.
AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE SPONSORED BY THE TOWN OF ADDISON AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTRIBUTE EVEN MORE TO THIS BASIC COMMUNITY, UM, HERE IN ADDISON.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU MARISSA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HOPE SINCE YOU, WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY HAD WITH YOU.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ONE.
UM, WHAT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE TICKET COST IS? UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE PRODUCTION.
UM, THEY CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO $20.
AND THEN IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHICH TIER WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, $15, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU SIT.
SO WE HAVE TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE SUITE.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE PLANO SYM ORCHESTRA.
FROM YEARS AGO, I STOOD UP HERE AND I WAS WATER ARNOLD HERE,
NOW I'M THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE LGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA IN THE DFW AREA.
UM, WE ARE ALMOST A $3 MILLION INCEPTION.
WE'VE GROWN FROM 1.4 TO 3 MILLION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND WE'VE DONE THAT BY EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS PART OF OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN TO BRING MUSIC
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TO EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND WE VISITED ADDISON A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE TIPTOED IN HERE AND PEOPLE WENT, COME ON IN.
UM, OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS TOUCHED BY AND ENJOYS AND LOVES MUSIC.
UM, THERE'S AN INTERESTING STORY OF WE DO THIS, UM, A SERIES OF SCHOOL MATINEE CONCERTS.
UM, WE CANADIAN, UH, AND EDUCATE ABOUT 18,000 KIDS A YEAR, AND THERE WAS A STUDENT THAT A TEACHER SAID WAS NEARLY AT THE POINT OF DROPPING OUTTA SCHOOL.
AND, UM, HE CAME TO TWO OF OUR SCHOOL MATINEE CONCERTS AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE TRANSFORMATION WAS PALPABLE.
AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW, UM, SINCE HE CAME TO THAT CONCERT, HE'S NOW A STRAIGHT A STUDENT.
AND SO THAT'S OUR MISSION TO BRING MUSIC TO HIS MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, DR.
I MARIE'S BEEN WITH THIS ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND SO I THOUGHT YOU PREFER LOOKING AT HER THAN ME.
SO GREG MENTIONED OUR MISSION AND AS PART OF OUR MISSION, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF CONCERTS AS WE, AS WELL AS MANY MUSIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. ONE OF THEM IS OUR FACULTY CONCERT SERIES, AND THOSE ARE CONSIST CONSISTS OF 45 MINUTE INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN FROM AGES THREE TO 12.
AND THEIR PRACTICE, OF COURSE, YOUNGER OR OLDER CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED.
THIS PROGRAM IS VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF THE VERY INTERACTIVE CONCERT WHERE THEY CAN LEARN ABOUT MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS, COMPOSERS, WE ALSO GET TO DANCE WITH THE MUSIC AND GET CLOSE TO THE MUSICIANS SO THEY HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED EXPERIENCE BESIDES THAT ONE HOUR BEFORE THE CONCERT.
WE PROVIDE THE, UH, INSTRUMENT PAID SOON WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GET TO TOUCH AND PLAY THE INSTRUMENTS.
AND IT'S USUALLY THEIR VERY FIRST OPPORTUNITY INTERACTING DIRECTLY WITH THE INSTRUMENTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT IN NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN, BUT ALSO THE PARENTS OF THE FAMILIES.
ANOTHER INITIATIVE WE HAVE, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR INAUGURAL CONCERT HERE IN
AND FOR EACH CONCERT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT A LOCAL POSTER.
YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT PICTURES.
EACH OF OUR FAMILY CONCERTS, THEY HAVE A THEME AND WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT, UM, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE OUT, UH, MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CONCERT.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME SLIDES THERE, THERE WERE VIDEOS AND YOU SEE SOME COSTUMES OR ANIMALS.
SO IT IS, AND IT'S VERY INTERACTIVE FOR CHILDREN FOR NEXT SEASON.
WE ARE, I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
UM, FOR NEXT SEASON WE ARE COMING BACK TO ICE AND WE HAVE A FEW PERFORMANCES AND REALLY SKIP AND ONE OF, UH, WE HAVE TWO PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 26TH AND ANOTHER ONE FOR OCTOBER FOR FEBRUARY 28TH.
AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR FUNTIME ENTERTAINMENT HYBRID LAST AS TEACHER WHERE, UH, THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR YOU IS BASICALLY TO PRODUCE TWO UNIQUE CONCERT EXPERIENCES.
EACH FEATURES, UH, A CHAMBER OF ASSEMBLE
WE HAVE AN EVENT HOST WHO'S ALSO AN ACTOR AND A PUPPET CHAIR.
AND, UH, OF COURSE THE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
AND THEY ARE, AS I MENTIONED, CURATED WITH ALLISON'S FAMILY ORIENTED S UNTIL EXPANDED ON YOUR IDENTITY.
ANY QUESTION? JAMES? QUESTIONS? NO, JUST, UH, COMMENT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO, WELL OBVIOUSLY I'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF YOUR, UH, PERFORMANCES AT THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE, THE CONCERTS, BUT, UH, UH, THE ONES IN ADDISON,
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I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF THE, THE, UH, THE FAMILY EVENTS ON THE WEEKENDS HERE.AND, UH, IT'S REALLY, IT'S A, IT IS A NEAT FAMILY EVENT AND TO SEE THE KIDS INTERACT AND I THINK FOR A LOT OF IT IS THEIR FIRST EXPOSURE.
AND, AND THE FIRST TIME I SAW, FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT PET ZOO, I WAS INTRIGUED.
AND, AND THAT REALLY IS, IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THE KIDS INTERACT WITH THESE INSTRUMENTS IF THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 'EM AND USUALLY HAVE, UH, MUSICIANS THAT ARE DON'T WORK IN THAT.
AND THEY GUIDE THE CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO PLAY THE INSTRUMENT AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
SO THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERS AS LONG MUSICIANS WHO CAN HELP THEM, UM, GUIDE THEM AND WHEN THEY GET SOME SOUND, THEY'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT
THE NARRATOR FOR THE FAMILY SERIES CONCERT IS A LOCAL ACTOR WHO IS WELL KNOWN.
I THINK HE'S PERFORMED ON THE WATER TOWER STAGE BEFORE HIS IS KYLE AND HE'S A A DO YOU CALL PUPPETEER? HE'S VERY GOOD.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT TO YOU.
UM, MADISON IS A GREAT COMMUNITY AND, UH, UH, A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE ARTS AND, UM, WE SOLD OUT OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS CONCERT HERE, AND THAT TELLS ME THAT, UH, ADDISON, UM, WOULD LIKE TO SPEND, SO, ALRIGHT, GREG.
MARIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS.
TAKE YOU, I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, SO WE'RE GETTING SOME STRAIGHT PRESENTATIONS FROM ARTS GROUPS.
UM, SO IT'S ALMOST 200 NIGHTS THAT WERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE PRESENTED TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S SORT OF TAKING, LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THIS HAS BEEN FIT? AND THAT MIGHT BE A NICOLE OR ADDING QUESTION? I WASN'T SURE.
UM, WE USUALLY PLAN OUT, I CAN ALL CAREFULLY THOSE THERE FOR THE
A LOT OF TIMES PRODUCTION EATS A LOT OF APPLE, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S
SO, AND LISTEN, EVERYONE'S NOT ALSO IN THE SAME FACILITY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE IN THE STUDIO, SOME PEOPLE THE THEATER, SOME PEOPLE ARE IN THE STONE COTTAGE, SO NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE THE SAME SPACE.
SO, AND AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK, TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE AS WE REALLY LOOK AT 'EM ALL AND HOW THEY ALL FIT TOGETHER.
BUT THAT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE SURPASSING THAT 215 NIGHT GOAL, SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.
ALRIGHT, UM, NEXT UP IS THE CLASSIC THEATER PROJECT.
MIGHT YOU JUST ROLL? YEAH, YEAH.
I AM THE PRODUCER ARTS DIRECTOR OF THE CLASS STUDENT PROJECT.
THIS IS DEVIN ROSE, OUR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR IN SHARP MARKETING AND MR. JOHN PIZA.
I OVER HERE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HELPS OUT PRODUCTION.
SO PULLING OUT MY CHEAT SHEET.
UM, WE ARE, I COMPANY MEMBER THE GLASS SPEEDER PROBLEM, A 5 0 1 C3 DASH FOUR ORGANIZATION MISSION TO ENRICH THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT I PRODUCED THROUGH SOCIALLY WELL THE CLASSIC WORKS.
WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY IN NORTH TEXAS DEDICATED TO THAT MISSION.
OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN PRODUCING, UH, AS FOR NORTH CENTER SINCE 2021.
AND IN THAT TIME, THOUSANDS OF PATRONS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ARTISTS HAVE TRAVELED TO ADDISON TO ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR PRODUCTIONS.
FOR OUR 2026 ADDISON SEASON, WE DO OUR SEASONS BY A CALENDAR YEAR, UH, FOR 2026 ADDISON SEASON, WE ARE REQUESTING $50,000 SUPPORT.
UH, A SEASON OF SEVEN PRODUCTIONS SPREAD OUT OVER THE CALENDAR YEAR AND TAKING PLACE IN, UH, UH, SPREAD OUT BETWEEN THREE TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE ARTS SPACES AT ADDISON PERFORMANCE ARTS SET.
UH, THE FUNDING WILL GO DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING OUR MISSION AND THE PRODUCTIONS WE STAGE COLLECTIVELY.
THE SEVEN TITLES PROVIDE AT LEAST 80 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES TO THE TOWN OF CAPACITY.
A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF THAT FUNDING WILL GO TO THE COST OF REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE SPACES, ALL INTENDED TO BE AT THE
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OUR DRAG RECORD SHOWS CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE AND AUDIENCE GROWTH YEAR AFTER YEAR.PROVING TO US THE SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION AND THE COMMUNITY INTEREST IN OUR WORK.
WE BELIEVE THAT ASIN IS THE BEST DESTINATION POINT IN NORTH TEXAS TO PRODUCE THEATRICAL WORKS.
AND WE HOPE THAT THROUGH A GRANT FUNDING PARTNERSHIP, WE CAN BETTER HELP REINFORCE THE TIME OF ADDISON.
AND AS FOR AN ARTS CENTER, AS THE TOP PERFORMING ARTS DESTINATION POINT IN NORTH TEXAS PROGRAM IMPACT, WE, UH, WILL DRAW AUDIENCES TO THE TOWN, UH, BOOSTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE HIRING LOCAL TALENTS AND GO WITH LOCAL VENUE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PRODUCE SHOWS FROM ARTISTS THAT ALL LIVE IN TEXAS.
SO BEYOND THAT, WE GO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTH AND THAT'S ABOUT, YES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS? UM, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO, SO I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE ATTENDANCE AVERAGE.
DOES THAT MEAN, IS THAT PERCENTAGE, IS THAT A PERCENTAGE OF CAPACITY? IS THAT THAT PERCENTAGE OF CAPACITY AND THAT SPECIFICALLY IS THAT SOLE TICKETS? WE DON'T INCLUDE COMP CHANGE IN THAT.
WE DO COMP A NUMBER OF TICKETS BECAUSE WE LEAVE THAT PLASTIC STEEL PROJECT MARKET FOR EVERYBODY, AND WE NEVER TURN A PERSON AWAY UNLESS THERE'S NOT A PART FIND SOME REASON OR ABILITY IN THERE.
THAT'S OUR PERCENTAGE OF SOLD SOLD, AND IT'S BY THE SPACE WE PERFORMED IN THE STONE COTTAGE, UH, STUDIO, UH, OUTSIDE IN TWO SEPARATE SPOTS WE CAN PERFORM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
UH, I'M INTERESTED IN MAYBE ACTIVATING SOME OTHER POTENTIAL, UH, AREAS AROUND THERE.
AND THE ONLY SPOT THAT WE HAVE PERFORMED AT, UH, AS FOR ARTS CENTER IS THE MAIN STAGE AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET ONE OR TWO PRODUCTIONS IN THERE SUMMER, INCLUDING OUR FIRST MUSICAL, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL FOR US AS WELL.
UM, ONE THING TO ALSO NOTE ABOUT THIS IS, UH, THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, UM, OUR LA FINAL, OUR NORTH
LIKE WHAT FINISHED WE NOW, OUR, OUR FINAL, UH, SOUL RATE WAS 67%.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO FOR ACCESSIBILITY IS THIS YEAR WE DID THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT STREAM WITH THE CO-PRODUCTION WITH CHRIST CRISTO RAY SCHOOL OF DALLAS, WHICH IS A, UM, CHARTER SCHOOL FOR UNDER, UH, FOR PE FOR FAMILIES OF THE LOWER SOCIAL ECONOMIC CLASS.
SO WE HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, CAST MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF THE SHOW.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID TWO PRODUCTIONS FOR THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE FOR STUDENTS FROM THAT SCHOOL AS WELL AS ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER PRODUCTION OF, UH, ANOTHER PERFORMANCE OF A MISS SUMMER WAS ALSO THE AUDIENCE WAS A YOUTH GROUP AT A LOCAL CHURCH.
SO WE DO OFFER, UH, FREE DRAWINGS TO SEVERAL SCHOOL AND, UH, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE JOEY SAID, WE BELIEVE IN, UH, VERY ACCESSIBLE LEADER.
UH, THE MOST CERTIFICATE CRISIS EVER BEEN IS 35, THE LEAST IT'S EVER BEEN IS $10.
AND WE ALWAYS OFFER DISCOUNTS FOR EVEN FREE TICKETS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SOCIALLY, SOCIALLY SOCIOECONOMICALLY AND BLESSED.
UH, IF YOU, UH, AGREE TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR BOX OFFICE OR JUST VOLUNTEERS AT ATTORNEY, YOU COULD ALSO GET CR SHOWS FOR FREE.
YEAH, WHAT SHE SAID, A BIG EMPHASIS IN HOW WE VISUALLY APPEAR.
WE, WE REALLY, UM, WE INVEST A LOT IN A LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND SHE HELPS US, UM, ORGANIZE ALL THIS STUFF.
WE, UM, HELP WITH LIKE LOCAL, WITH LOCAL THEATERS TO HELP SORT COSTUMES.
SO WE KEEP ALL OF OUR BUDGETS LOW IN THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE HAVE OPERATED.
WE HAVE NEVER EXCEEDED A BUDGET EVER.
WE'VE ALWAYS GONE UNDER OUR BUDGET.
WE'VE ALWAYS OPERATIONS IN, IS IT IN THE BLACK, IN THE BLACK GOODNESS.
UH, SO WE DO HANDLE OUR MONEY VERY WELL.
WE ALSO ARE CONSISTENTLY GROWING.
UM, WE DID SAY LIKE, SO BETWEEN 24 YEAR IT WAS 54 POINT 19, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO GET 60% THIS YEAR.
AND OUR LAST, WE CHOSE THEM ALL EXCEEDED THAT.
SO 16% THIS YEAR AND EVEN MORE SETS.
AND YOU'RE PROPOSING 80 PERFORMANCES.
DID I GET THAT? AT LEAST 80 PERFORMANCES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, LIKE EVAN SAID, UH, WE HAVE HAD OCCASIONS WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, AN ORGANIZATION WHO SAW, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL MM-HMM
AND UM, SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BOARD SPACE, WE HAVE TO CLOSE THAT OFF TO JUST THE SCHOOL OR TO MAKE SURE THAT BEVERLY SAFE THAT'S COMING FROM THAT SCHOOL.
T YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, JOEY, DEVIN, JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST WAS OUR
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.UM, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU, UH, AGAIN, UM, AND SPEAK ABOUT A COMPANY THAT, THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST TIME AND EMERGE STRONGER WITH YOU AND YOUR, YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
MORE VIBRANT, MORE VITAL TO THIS COMMUNITY.
MORE THAN EVER WATER TOWER THEATER, SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1996, WATER TOWER THEATER HAS BEEN A PROUD LEADER IN PRODUCING INNOVATIVE AND DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL THEATER THAT BUILDS COMMUNITIES, INSPIRES EMPATHY AND SPARKS MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE FOR, UH, OVER NEARLY THREE DECADES, IT IS ROUNDED TO ONE OF TEXAS PREMIER PROFESSIONAL HEATER COMPANIES WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION AND A CULTURAL CORNERSTONE OF LOWER TEXAS ARTS C THANKS TO IT TO THE TOWN OF BASS, OUR PARTNERSHIP UNDER BY 10.
YOU'RE A CEO OF THE GUIDANCE OF DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND THANKS TO THE INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TOWN WATER TOWER HAS MADE A REMARKABLE COMEBACK.
AFTER NARROWLY AVOIDING BANKRUPTCY IN 2019, WE NOT ONLY REBOUNDED, BUT WE REDEFINED OURSELVES.
DURING THE PANDEMIC WATER TOWER BECAME A NATIONAL LEADER IN DIGITAL TRICAL CONTENT.
AND WHEN THE WILL BEGAN TO OPEN UP AGAIN, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES TO OPEN BACK UP TO THE COUNTRY WITH LIVE AUDIENCE DEMONSTRATING NOT OUR RESILIENCE.
UH, NOT ONLY OUR RESILIENCE, BUT ALSO TRUE INNOVATION.
IN, IN 2023, OUR WORLD PREMIER GOLDEN HOLLYWOOD SOLIDIFIED WATER TOWER, AS WELL AS A HUB FOR NEWPORTS DEVELOPMENT, ADDING A RATHER USING THE ASSET PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AS AN INCUBATOR FOR BOLD ORIGINAL STORYTELLING.
AND NOW WITH OUR NEWEST PROJECT, SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT SV BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK AND PARAMOUNT FEATURE FILM, WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM, NOT JUST FOR THE DEER, BUT FOR ADDISON ITSELF.
BUILDING ON OUR SUCCESS, WE PROPOSED INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PERFORMANCE ON, ON TERRY MARTIN MAIN STAGE NEXT SEASON.
AND RESPECTFULLY, WITH REQUEST ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN WATER TOWER AND THE TOWN OF MADISON DEMONSTRATES THE POWERFUL OUTCOME THAT RESULTS WHEN A GREAT CITIES INVEST IN THE ARTS.
IT'S A PROVEN MODEL FROM BROADWAY TO REGIONAL YEARS WHERE MUNICIPAL SUPPORT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN SUSTAINING ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY IN GENERATING INCOME FOR THE TOWN.
ADDISON'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT FUELS TOURISM DRIVES THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENHANCES CULTURAL VIBRANCY.
LAST YEAR ALONE, WATER TOWER GENERATED APPROXIMATELY, UH, $250,000 GLOBAL BUSINESS REVENUE.
UH, WELCOME OVER 6,600 PATRON PRINTS AND SAW A DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASE IN SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH OVER 70% AVERAGE PAID ATTENDANCE ON TERRY MARTIN MAIN STAGE.
THE DEMAND FOR QUALITY PROFESSIONAL LEADER IN ADDISON IS AND HAS BEEN CLEAR.
AND WITH A 75% RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO THE TOWN, THE NUMBERS I FEEL SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
IN 2025, WATER POWER WILL PROUDLY PRESENT ITS 30TH SEASON AT THE
WE'RE EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT AND WE'RE LAUNCHING NEW PROGRAMS LIKE THE SUMMER CABARET SERIES AND THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. NEXT TIME, WE ARE ALSO TAKING ADDISON STAR STORY FAR BEYOND TEXAS.
THIS FALL, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, A WATER TOWER THEATER PRODUCTION, UH, BEGAN, BEGAN HERE IN ADDISON, WILL OPEN ACROSS THE POND IN LONDON.
ADDISON IS BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL NAME IN THE ARTS AND WATER TOWER'S.
CROWD OF ROMANIA IS CULTURAL AMBASSADOR.
OUR COMMUNITY FOCUS REMAINS STRONG.
WE OFFER DISCOUNTED TICKET STATUS FROM RESIDENTS.
WE INVITE TOWN EMPLOYEES FOR TO REST REHEARSALS, AND WE ACTIVELY PARTNER WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH NO DEBT, STRONG LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC GROWTH.
WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE ASSET AND WATER TOWER THRIVE TOGETHER.
FOR 30 YEARS, THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS SIMPLY WORKED AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THAT FRUIT BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER AND WITH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WATER TOWER WILL REMAIN A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY AND COMMERCE COME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING THE POWER OF PROFESSIONAL THEATER.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US SHAPE BIG, BOLD, AND BRIGHT FUTURE OF THE ARTS RIGHT HERE AT US.
SO I, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, ON THE ROI UH, SLIDE.
UM, SO HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU GO FROM 75% POSSIBLE ROI TO 97%? SO MY BOOKKEEPER ASSURES ME THAT IT'S ANNOUNCED RATE RHYTHM OR THE RATHER, UM, THING THAT HE DOES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I THINK WITH THE INCREASED PERFORMANCES IN THE SEATS THAT WE, WE WERE SELLING, BUT PARDON ME, MATH IS NOT MY STRONG POINT, BUT I ASSURED HIM WAS LIKE, PLEASE LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
BUT I CAN, I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT POPULATION HE USED FOR THAT.
IT'S NOT MY STRONG SHOULD EITHER, SORRY, OKLAHOMA SCHOOLING AND ALL THAT
SO, UM, AND SO I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED 'CAUSE UH, IN ALL THE DIFFERENT ARTS, ARTS GROUPS, THEY, UH, THEY TALK ABOUT THIS ROI AND, UM, AND IT'S,
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UH, AND, AND THEY ALWAYS, THEY ALWAYS QUOTE LIKE THE ARTS ECONOMIC PROSPERITY REPORT, AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY OTHERS OUT THERE.UM, DO, DO YOU EVER DO A, A SURVEY, A LOCAL SURVEY OF ASKING, ACTUALLY ASKING THE ACTUAL PATRONS WHAT ARE YOUR ACTIVITIES BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOW? DO YOU TO, TO, I MEAN, BECAUSE THIS, THAT'S A NATIONAL THING OR MIGHT EVEN MAYBE BIGGER THAN THAT.
UH, DO YOU EVER DO ANYTHING OF, OF THE, OF THE LOCAL AUDIENCE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.
WE DO HAVE OUR SURVEY, SOME OF THOSE, UM, WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE FINANCIAL END OF PRETTY, YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY, ARE YOU SPENDING YOUR MONEY HERE, ET CETERA.
I WILL SAY HAVE A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS, A NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UM, FIVE TO THE EXACT ONE THAT HAS A RESTAURANT HERE, MADISON.
AND SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THE, THE BOOST IN SALES THAT SHE HAS, ESPECIALLY ON A SUNDAY MATINEE, WHICH IS A TWO O'CLOCK SHOW BEFORE.
AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WILL EVEN, EVEN COME AFTER.
BUT IN TERMS OF THOSE ACTUAL NUMBERS WITH THE SURVEYS, I MEAN THIS MORE ABOUT HOW MANY, HOW MANY PERFORMANCES DO YOU COME TO, HOW OFTEN DO YOU SUBSCRIBE? IT'S MORE OF THAT INTERNAL.
IT, IT, IT, IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY, YOU KNOW, GOING STRAIGHT TO THE NUMBERS.
THERE AREN'T, UH, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY REWARD IS WHERE WE GET THAT.
UM, YEAH, AND I'M, I'M SURE IT IS PROBABLY HARD TO GET THE, THOSE NUMBERS PRETTY SOLID ON IT, ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
UM, LET'S SEE, ANOTHER QUESTION.
AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF YOUR BOARD, YOUR BOARD NUMBERS THAT ARE LOCAL, THAT ARE ADDISON, MRS. OR RESIDENTS.
UH, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY, WHAT THAT INCREASE HAS BEEN? IT'S, WELL IT'S OVER 50% OF OUR BOARD NOW EITHER HAVE A RESIDENT OR BUSINESS LOCAL TIES, YOU KNOW, UH, UH OR AN ADVOCATE OR FRONT PERSON FOR THE BUSINESS BECAUSE IT WAS A PRETTY LOW PERCENTAGE BEFORE.
I WAS SURPRISED IT WASN'T, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU CHARGED US WITH LAST YEAR.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY BOARD SUPPORT IS WONDERFUL AND, UM, WE WERE AROUND PROBABLY AROUND 30, 35%.
BUT THAT 50% I THINK WAS, I MEAN IT'S WONDERFUL.
I MEAN, WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF THAT EVEN GREW MORE? YEAH.
AND HOW BIG, HOW MANY ON THE BOARD NOW ROUGHLY WE'RE RELATED TO 14? YEAH, THERE'S 13 OR 14 BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH IS GROWING.
SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND, AND YOU KNOW, REBUILDING THAT IN ADDITION TO OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, BEING A BOARD MEMBER, THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR BOARD MEMBERS
DON'T THINK I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU'VE ADDED 10 ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU ADDING JUST, UM, NIGHTS TO EXISTING CORRECT SHOWS? YES, SIR.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IS WE MOVED OUR SATURDAY MATINEES TO TUESDAY EVENINGS TO TRY TO HELP WITH THEM AT NIGHTS.
THAT WAS INDICATED IN THE REPORT BY HONESTY AND ASSOCIATES.
WE'VE ADDED PERFORMANCES FOR TWO OF OUR SHOWS.
TWO O' OUR, WE'RE STILL DOING FOUR SHOWS, BUT ADDING AN EXTRA WEEK OF PERFORMANCES.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET THOSE, THOSE EXTRA EVENINGS.
HOW THAT MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE TO ME IS MY FRONT LOAD, MY COSTS, AND THEN AS THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, INVENTORY ENSUES, IT CUTS DOWN ON MY COSTS OVER THOSE WEEKS.
THAT STILL DELIVERS WHAT I THINK OUR GOAL IS.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH RELAT, YOU'VE DONE APPRECIATE.
WELL, THAT WAS OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
UM, HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS MEETING TO DISCUSS? I DO WANNA MAKE ONE NOTE, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT'S WHEN WE, Y'ALL REALLY BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF IDEAS FOR WHAT YOU WANNA RECOMMEND FOR FUNDING.
THE ONE DIFFERENT, WE WILL HAVE METRO PRESS CHAMBER COME AND PRESENT PRIOR TO THAT.
AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM WHEN Y'ALL, WHEN THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, THE DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD OF, UM, I DON'T THINK METRO PRESS WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT TIME, BUT AS WE LOOKED AT THE MENU OF EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS COMING FORWARD, METRO BEST CHAMBER MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO JUST HAVE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
SO WE KIND OF GAVE THE APPLICATION A LITTLE BIT LATE, SO WE GAVE 'EM A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT.
SO THEY'LL PRESENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GOOD SEGUE INTO THE DISCUSSION FIRST.
I HAVEN'T DONE THAT HISTORICALLY.
WAS IT OUT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? UH, YES.
UM, AND USED TO BE, IT USED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK UNTIL 2019 AND THEN SWITCHED TO MORE OF A SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND IT'S BEEN THAT SINCE, UM, SINCE THEN.
BUT, SO IT'S, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THIS, IT'LL STILL BE FUNDED THOUGH OUT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? YEAH, IT'LL HAVE THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE.
AND THEN HOW, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT, UH, FROM NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER? SO WE CAN, AND STEVEN CAN JUMP IN.
WE JUST KIND OF PAY THEIR BASIC MEMBERSHIP RATE.
WE'RE SIGNING UP TO BE A MEMBER, A MEMBER OF BOSTON.
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WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC, UM, SPECIFIC TASKS THAT THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHING.SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL, AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT THAT IS A SERVICE.
BUT, BUT ANY FUNDING IS GONNA COME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
THAT WOULD STILL BE OUR RECOMMENDATION.
AND TELL ME AGAIN, WITH THE MAXES OUT OF THE HOTEL FUND TO FUND PARTS.
YEAH, IT'S A 3 4 7 5 4 4 50, UH, 4 54 54 1 5.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE LINED UP TO DO A CHRISTMAS SHOW OR SOME SHOWS YET? ACTUALLY WORKING ON WITH THE PLANO CHAMBER AND THE DORO SHAW BELL CHOIR.
SO PLAN CHAMBER WHAT? THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.
AND DO SHAW BELL CHOIR, WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING AN EVENT, UH, FOR CHRISTMAS CALLED DINGS AND STRINGS.
OH, YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND ALSO, JUST, JUST TO REITERATE, A LIT NIGHT YOU COULD LITERALLY HAVE A SIX PERFORMANCES IN ONE DAY, AND THAT'S CONSIDERED ONE NIGHT.
SO THAT'S, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN HAVE 200, 300 PERFORMANCES.
UM, AT THE EISMAN, I THINK THE, THE MOST WE WORKED, WE HAD 900 PERFORMANCES IN ONE YEAR AT THE EISMAN CENTER.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, HOW IT BREAKS DOWN, IT'S LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, BECAUSE THEY CAN HAVE TWO OR THREE PERFORMANCES HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, AND ALL THREE VENUES ARE ACTIVATED.
I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE OVER 200 NIGHTS WHERE THAT PRESENTED, BUT IT ALSO CREATES, YOU KNOW, SOME CHALLENGES.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS? YEAH, I'VE GOT, UH, A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TONIGHT, BUT, BUT QUESTIONS I WANNA ASK FOR NEXT MEETINGS.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE THOUGHT, WHICH IS, GOES BACK TO THE METHOD PRESS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
BASICALLY WHEN WE MOVED THAT I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE MOVED THAT, UH, INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
AND AT THAT TIME JUST SAID, UH, ORLANDO'S IN CHARGE AT THAT POINT AND SAID, HEY, THAT'S YOUR BABY.
AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT THAT AND HOW MUCH AND, AND WHAT THAT, WHAT THE PROGRAMMING ALL THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, UM, I I TRUST IF IT'S COMING OUTTA THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, I, I TRUST WAYNE AND HIS GROUP TO, TO MAKE THAT DECISION, UM, ON THE CHAMBER.
AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO I KIND OF QUESTION, UM, WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL MAY BE THE SAME SITUATION, YOU KNOW, IS THAT AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND THING? AND IF SO, SHOULD THAT BE HIS, HIS THEIR, YOU KNOW, THAT GROUP'S DECISION MAKING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THOUGHT.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S A HOPEFUL KIND,
BUT, UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT WAYNE'S INPUT ON THOSE THINGS BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S HIS BUDGET.
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT WE MAKE THE BUDGET DECISIONS, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, SO, SO THERE'S THAT.
BUT WAYNE IS, YOU KNOW, HE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH METRO CHRIS CHAMBER AND WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, JIM FALK AND, AND WAYNE AND I HAD LUNCH A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, KIND OF LEADING UP TO THIS.
AND THAT'S WHEN FOUND OUT THAT JIM, JIM WAS THE INTERIM.
AND SO, SO WAYNE IS, IS CONNECTED WITH THAT.
SO AND SO WAYNE HAS TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT HIS, WHAT HAD, WHAT HE, HOW HE SEES THAT COULD BENEFIT THE TOWN, IF THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD, UH, USE OF OUR FUNDS.
SO HE'S INVOLVED WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND SO, UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HIS INPUT OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DECISION INPUT.
WELL, UM, THAT'S WHERE I SEE THAT.
I I WOULD LIKE AT LEAST THE METROCREST CHAMBER TO COME TO US BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND I'D LOVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FILLING THOSE.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE WAYNE'S INPUT ON, ON BOTH OF THOSE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL AND THE, AND THE CHAIR.
BEFORE, BEFORE WE START, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE DECISIONS BEFORE START, WE START.
I MEAN, HE'S WORKING ON A TIGHT, UH, TIGHT BUDGET FROM WHAT I CAN SEE.
AND, AND I DON'T WANNA INFRINGE ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN, SO, AND THEN A, A SIMILAR THOUGHT.
WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW, UM, UH, PERFORMING ARTS PROVIDERS AND, AND I, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, JACK PLANNED, UM, MAYBE BE WITH US AS WE, AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE DECISION MAKING, MAKING ON THE, UM, WE, WE HAVE NICOLE HERE, SO, OKAY.
WELL, THE, YEAH, THE REASON I, I SUGGESTED THAT IS, IS BECAUSE HE,
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YOU KNOW, HE'S DEALING A LOT WITH OUTCRY THEATER AND SOME OF THE, THOSE, THE CHILDREN'S AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING.HE'S GOT A, A GOOD FEEL FOR THAT.
THAT NICOLE'S WHEN I WOULD, NICOLE, ARE YOU, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD FEEL FOR, ARE YOU DEALING, ARE YOU WORKING WITH THESE, THESE YOUTH THEATERS? ALL THE YOUTH THEATERS, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THEIR, THEIR GATE AND THEIR SCHEDULES AND THAT ACTUALLY MEAN, I RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GO TO THE MAIN STAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE OUTGROWING THE SPACE THAT THEY'RE IN.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM DEVELOP, DEVELOP THEIR PRODUCTIONS.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON TRYING TO GET THEM TO INCREASE THEIR, THEIR VOLUME, BUT ALSO GET THEM INTO A BIGGER SPACE.
AND I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT SPACE.
I'M, I'M JUST, SOME OF THESE ARE NEW TO ME AND I'M TRYING TO, I NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH IT TO GET, GIVE US A BETTER FEEL FOR WHO'S BRINGING, WHO'S BRINGING WHAT.
'CAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, A FEW HERE THAT ARE, THAT ARE REALLY TARGETED TOWARDS YOU.
HOW MANY THEY ARE ALL ABOUT USING.
AND I'VE WORKED IN MANY OF THEIR PERFORMANCE TIME.
SO YEAH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE READY TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US, HELP ME, UM, KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THAT, HOW THAT FITS OR NOT, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL AS WE GO INTO THIS NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE, WE HEARD FROM, UH, THE DANCE COUNCIL OF NORTH TEXAS.
AND, AND CHRIS HAD SOME, SOME GREAT QUESTIONS.
AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD IS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE, A ONE DAY FESTIVAL AND 300 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WHERE, AND THEY NEED A, A, A BLACK SCREEN TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO PUT THE, WHERE DOES THAT GO? LIKE WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN ADDISON? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY PLACE I'M THINKING I CAN THINK OF THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT IS ONE OF OUR, OUR BIG HOTELS.
UM, AND SO I'M TRYING TO, TRYING TO CALCULATE HOW THAT IF WOULD WORK, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE VENUES A BIG DEAL BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE THAT AT THE, UH, THE MAIN STAGE.
SO, SO THAT WOULD, IF SOMEBODY COULD KIND OF GIVE ME SOME, SOME IDEA LIKE, HEY, IT COULD, IT COULD WORK AND IT COULD WORK HERE OR THERE, THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IN CONSIDERATION OF, OF THAT ONE.
UM, UM, ADDISON ARBOR FOUNDATION, JANA IS THERE, HOW, HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO GET THE LAST TWO YEARS OF PRIVATE FUNDING? I CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU, LIKE FROM
UM, YOU KNOW, JUNIOR, JUNIOR PLAYERS.
I, I GUESS I'M STILL STRUGGLING, UM, HOW THAT WOULDN'T BE PERFORMING ARTS.
IT JUST SEEMS A LOT LIKE OUT OUTSIDE THEATER.
SO I GUESS IN MY MIND, AND SOME, UNLESS SOMEBODY CAN TELL ME DIFFERENTLY, UM, I JUST SEE THEM OVER IN THE PERFORMING ARTS GROUP AND NOT, NOT IN THE, UH, SORT OF LOCAL SERVICE ORG.
I MEAN, HE JUST, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
UM, I HOPE WE WOULD JUST MOVE THEM OVER TO THE PERFORMING ARTS.
UM, I THINK WE FOCUS KIND OF A GRAY AREA, BUT IT COULD FIT SO WE'LL.
THIS OTHER, OTHER ONES FIT? NO, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PERFORMING ARTS.
I THINK IT WAS THE EDUCATION BASED IN JUNIOR PLAYERS THAT WOULD MEET THE HOT FUND DEFINITION.
AND I THINK STEVEN SAID IT MIGHT, WE JUST NEED TO, I WANNA VERIFY THAT IT WOULDN'T MEET THAT HOT DEFINITION.
DOES JUNIOR PLAYERS DO PERFORMANCES? THEY CAN.
THEY DID ONE THING AT THE END, UM, WHICH WOULD RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S THE, EVERYTHING ELSE THEY DO LEADING UP TO THAT PROBABLY IS NOT.
UM, BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT NEXT TIME IF IT'S HOT ELIGIBLE OR NOT.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? SO ON RESIDENTS SERVED, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO, JUNIOR PLAYERS IS TELLING US A HUNDRED ADDISON RESIDENTS SERVED.
I, I'D LOVE TO KIND OF, IF, IF THEY CAN PROVIDE ANY LIST OF THAT SAME THING FROM
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT, RIGHT? MY OTHER COMMENT, I KNOW BRUCE WANTS TO GET OUTTA HERE.
UM, SO THE BRUCE, WE'VE GOT, UM, SO
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FINANCIALS ON SOME OF THESE ENTITIES, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE PULLED UP THAT FILE WITH THE APPLICATIONS.DO WE HAVE AUDITED FINANCIALS FROM AUER THEATER? YES.
SO THEIR MOST RECENT YEAR END.
AND IS THAT, DO WE, DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS IN ARMY? YES.
WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW ON THE ONE DRIVE.
WE'RE LOOK AT IT PASSWORD PERSPECTIVE.
THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE THIS CHALLENGE.
WE'VE GOT FOUR, SAY FOUR 50 CONVERSATION WITH THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? NICOLE, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING AT THE LAST MEETING AND, AND ABOUT ONE OF THE NONPROFITS DIDN'T FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
HAS ANYTHING CHANGED? YEAH, WE HAVE AN UPDATED APPLICATION.
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY THAT, THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM HAS, HAS THEIR APPLICATION COMPLETED, CORRECT? YES.
THAT OFF THE LIST, IS THERE A HISTORY THAT YOU USUALLY FUND? UM, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT THE, THAT THE COMMITTEE USUALLY FUNDS, LIKE ACROSS THE BOARD OR DO YOU STAGGER IT? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
THIS IS THE WELL, IT'S, WELL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THIS COMMITTEE, SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, RIGHT? THE FORM ARTS.
AND WE'LL HAVE A WORK INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET ON THE SCREEN.
SO IF WE NEED TO, IF YOU WANNA PLAY AROUND DIFFERENT FUNDING MOUNTS, WE CAN SHOW YOU OKAY.
FOR THE NEXT MEETING IF YOU WANNA SEE THEIR REQUESTS WITH A TABLE THAT SHOWS A NUMBER OF NIGHTS, NUMBER OF SHOWS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS TOO.
BUT SOME OF THESE WERE ALREADY COMMITTED, RIGHT? LIKE SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THEY ALREADY HAVE DATES ON THE CALENDAR.
IS THAT RIGHT? NOT THAT THAT'LL INFLUENCE OUR LEVEL FUNDING, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D ASK THAT, THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED THAT AND, AND USUALLY MOST ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WILL ALREADY HAVE THEIR SEASON ALREADY BOOKED OUT.
AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE GOTTA GO REGARDLESS.
YOU HAVE TO PRETEND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, SOME EXTRA SOURCES, AND MAKE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO OR DO NOT GIVE US, DO ALL OF THEM.
WELL, NOT, NEVERMIND, ALREADY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
BUT MOST OF THESE ALREADY HAVE THEIR, THEIR SCHEDULES LOCKED OUT.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM COMES IN AND YOU START
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BUSINESS.
WE COVERED A LOT NEXT THURSDAY, RIGHT? YES.
THANK YOU SARAH, FOR KEEPING US WITH YOU.