Title
Walmart Local Community Grant (Ordinance S-50227)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and, if awarded accept funds in an amount up to $5,000 from the Walmart Local Community Grant program for the 20th Anniversary Boo Fest Halloween event at Paseo Highlands Park; and execute all contracts necessary to accept and distribute the grant funds. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and for the City Controller to disburse any grant monies awarded.
Report
Summary
The Walmart Local Community Grants program is available to nonprofit and local government organizations that provide benefits directly to those within the impacted service area. Area of funding includes community and economic development, diversity and inclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health and human services, hunger relief and healthy eating, public safety, and quality of life. Grant funding is available from a minimum of $250 to a maximum of $5,000. Grant applications are accepted on a quarterly basis.
The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department’s Boo Fest has become a signature festival in the North Phoenix community since 2004. This event qualifies within the grant program’s focus area of diversity and inclusion and quality of life. This free event brings approximately 10,000 participants each year to enjoy live entertainment, carnival games, trunk-or-treat, informational booths, pumpkin patch, costume contests, climbing wall, inflatable bouncers and a haunted train ride. The 2023 Boo Fest will be celebrating 20 years of bringing the community together. Funding from this grant will be used to support the event.
Contract Term
The grant term is for one year.
Financial Impact
There is no funding match or General Fund monies required for this grant.
Location
Council District: 1
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Parks and Recreation Department.