The fall 2012 Advertising and Promotion Commission funding requests are in and organizers are seeking a total of $293,115 for 25 events or projects in Fayetteville.
That’s about $140,000 less than was requested last fall, but is still over $100,000 more than was actually awarded.
Twice each year, the commission awards funds to groups needing financial help promoting or starting an event. The funds available depend on what’s left over from the commission’s budget which is funded mostly by half of the city’s 2 percent HMR sales tax.
Below is a list of each of the requests. For full details on each request application, see the complete, 106-page packet.
Fall 2012 requests
Fayetteville Underground — $40,000 (General advertising and promotion)
Freedom Fireworks (Uptown Fayetteville) — $25,000 (July 4)
TheatreSquared — $25,000 (2013 programming)
Hooten Kickoff Classic — $20,000 (Sept. 2)
Joe Martin Stage Race — $20,000 (April 25-28)
Last Night Fayetteville — $16,100 (Dec. 31)
Fayetteville Youth Baseball — $16,000 (Canopies at Walker Park)
Ozark Blues Society’s “Blues in the Natural State” — $15,000 (April 6-7)
Dig In! Food and Farming Festival — $14,500 (Feb. 28-March 2)
NWA Earth Days — $12,000 (April 5-May 13)
7A Boys and Girls State High School Basketball Tournament — $10,000 (Feb. 27-March 2)
Arts Live Theatre — $10,000 (2013 programming)
Community Creative Center — $10,000 (Rebranding)
Fayetteville Foam Fest — $10,000 (No date yet)
FHS “Weekend of Champions” — $9,000 (May 17-18)
NCAA Men’s Golf Regional Championships — $7,500 (May 16-18)
NCAA Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships — $7,000 (March 8-9)
Iron Pig Festival — $5,000 (March 30)
Merry Little Christmas at Mount Sequoyah — $5,000 (Dec. 8)
Ozark Valley Triathlon — $5,000 (June 23)
SEC Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships — $3,500 (Feb. 22-24)
Fayetteville High School Tri-State Volleyball Challenge — $3,000 (Sept. 21)
NWA Men’s Expo — $2,512 (March 13)
WordCamp Fayetteville — $2,000 (July 26-28)
Fayetteville High School DECA Fashion Show — In-kind donation for Town Center rental (Feb. 7)
