CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION
Organization Information
Name of Organization*
Name check should be written to*
Address check should be mailed to*
City, State, Zip*
Phone*
Format: (000) 000-0000.
E-mail*
example@example.com
Main Contact*
Address*

Address

Street Address Line 2

City, State, ZipState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone*
Format: (000) 000-0000.
E-mail*
example@example.com
*Attach a List of the Current Board of Directors and their contact information.**

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Name of Capital Improvement Project*
Date for beginning of Capital Improvement Project*

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Date
Date for completion of project*

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Date
Total amount of funding requested from Discover Monroe-West Monroe:*
Capital improvements of new or existing tourist oriented attractions.Survey and planning expenditures for developing and revitalizing an existing tourist oriented attraction.Special project deemed to be of a community-wide tourism interest.
Please upload a project budget that includes sponsorships, additional income, construction costs, marketing/promotions, administrative costs, and other expenses.*

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Please upload a detailed construction cost budget.*

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Please list the attendance/participant numbers for the last 3 years.

Rows	Year	Attendance
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3

*For sporting events, list each event and the number of participants. For attractions, list yearly attendance.
If this is a new facility, list the expected number of events and estimated attendance or participants.
How did or how will you collect the attendance/participant numbers?*
Discuss new events and/or increased attendance expected with Capital Improvements.*
Number of hotel rooms utilized due to facility currently:*
Estimated number of hotel rooms to be used due to capital improvement:*
Please upload your Statement of Funding Purposes. *

Describe the purpose, scope and significance of proposal with particular emphasis on the tourism impact (Up to 3 pages typed and double spaced). Plans for building or improvements should be included.
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Please upload your 5-Year Strategic Plan. *

This plan (up to 5 pages) should include the project for which the grant is intended. The plan should include any and all future construction projects or capital improvements intended in the near future for the organization’s facilities and theirpurposes. The plan should include the scope of work and goals for the organization over the next 5 years.
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Please upload your Matching Funds Information. *

Summary of how the funds will be matched and expanded (1 page typed and double spaced format).
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Please upload your Marketing Plan. *

How the capital improvements will be marketed to generate additional visitors to Ouachita Parish (Up to 2 pages typed and double spaced).
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Please upload your Marketing Expense Plan. *

This is a cost breakdown of how the capital improvement will be marketed to increase hotel occupancy, i.e. brochures, billboards, television, events that can increase in attendance/participation and/or new events that can be held.
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Please upload proof or certification of your organization's tax exempt status.*

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Please upload your organization's current Financial Statement. *

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Please upload a copy of your organization's tax return from the previous year. *

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Please upload an operating budget from your organization for the current fiscal year. *

This should detail all revenues, including revenues from sponsorships and other funding sources, as well as all of the organization’s expenditures.
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You may be required to submit the results of an independent audit. This woudl be at the expense of the applicant, if requested.
Signature of person filling out application*
Printed Name & Title*
Contact Number*
Contact Email*
example@example.com
Date*

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CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION

Organization Information