Rural and Community Art Project Grants
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
Goals: To provide an outdoor summer music venue from mid-June thru mid-August in the City Park of Biwabik for area musicians/groups to Biwabik and Range residents and tourists. To promote local music talent to a wider audience in Biwabik and the Range. To stimulate businesses growth on the "Main Street" of Biwabik beyond our established 4th of July and Weihnachtsfest. To promote interest in Biwabik as a possible place for housing and economic development as the City moves forward on its overall Comprehensive Plan. Outcome: To brand and promote Biwabik in collaboration with Giant's Ridge as a year round destination keeping all forms of the arts in the fore front to emulate the "Bright Star" cities like Lanesboro, New York Mills, and Grand Marais. Evaluation Plan: To count weekly event attendance. Event committee to poll attendees about the event, types of music, meet expectations. Poll Main street business...did it increase weekly business receipts.
1. Number of attendees counted by organizing staff for each venue. 2. Derived "pass the hat" donations for each venue that exceeded any planned revenue in the budget plan. 3. We had two vendors: 1. Kettle Corn and 2. Food Truck. In both cases the owners indicated sales increased each week that they sold their food. 4. Local businesses said verbally that there business did increase: however, we were unable to get exact figures for each date of the performances. This is being changed for 2016.
Other, local or private