DeLuna Fest made a proposal for $1 million of the $4.38 million in BP grant money. The TDC has recommended they receive $546,342.
This is how they planned to use the funds:
Special Events: $450,000
To offset the DeLuna Fest overall budget of $3.6million.
Social Media: $20,000
To increase our social media budget (currently $50,000)
Public Relations: $30,000
To offset costs related DeLuna Fest public relations
Advertising: $500,000
To secure both more paid and trade national and regional advertising (Current paid advertising budget $500,000)
Here is their entire proposal