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EXHIBIT A <br />AGENCY REQUEST FOR FUNDING FROM Indian River COUNTY <br />FISCAL YEAR 2019/2020 <br />A. Program Cover Page <br />Sebastian River Area Chamber of <br />Agency: Commerce &Pelican Porch Visitor's Telephone: 772-589-5969 <br />Center <br />Contact <br />Person: <br />Title: <br />Address <br />Website <br />Address: <br />Amber Batchelor <br />President & CEO <br />700 Main Street <br />Sebastian, FL 32958 <br />www.SebastianChamber.com <br />Fax: 772-589-5993 <br />E -Mail: abatchelor@sebastianchamber.com <br />Tourist Development Council <br />Program Title: Funding for the Pelican Porch <br />Visitor's Center and Tourism <br />Marketing & Promotion <br />I certify that information contained in this application accurately reflects the activities of this agency and <br />that the expenditures or portions thereof for which County funds are being requested are not reimbursed <br />b ag, ther source. �eV _7_ <br />erg 16 <br />Signature Print name and title <br />nneT aescnpnon or ine rrogram Tor wnicn tundmq is requested: <br />The Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce & Pelican Porch Visitor's Center is designated along <br />with the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce as the County's Tourist Bureau. Our Chamber is a <br />Visitor's Center for the northern part of Indian River County, as well as a designated Visitor's Center on <br />the Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway and a VISIT FLORIDA Certified Visitor Information <br />Center. We welcome over 10,000 visitors a year into our Visitor's Center and assist them with <br />suggestions on things to see and do while vacationing in our area. In addition to providing visitor services <br />once visitors arrive to our area, we also market our destination to attract potential visitors to the Sebastian <br />River Area and Indian River County by promoting our natural and recreation resources that make our <br />area so unique. We produce promotional videos, digital, print, social media, email and retargeting <br />campaigns to reach our target audiences while working collaboratively with and on behalf of our tourism <br />partners to put heads on beds. Our 2019/2020 marketing plans include expanding our existing programs <br />to increasing our destinations awareness domestically and internationally, continuing to promote <br />ecotourism, focusing on driving more visitation during the months of May -October, promoting our meeting <br />space and mid -week business, along with offering new services and amenities to our visitors to enhance <br />their experiences, not only prior to their arrival but once they arrive to our destination. <br />1_-)Ui11111a1 y rXcNUL <br />Amount requested from Indian River County for 2019/2020: $165,002.00 <br />Total Proposed Program budget for 2019/2020: $165,002.00 <br />Percent of total Program budget: 100% <br />Current Funding (2018/2019) $98,729.00 <br />Dollar increase / (decrease) in request: $66,273.00 <br />Percent increase / decrease in request: 67% <br />EXHIBIT A <br />