Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on Outreach Grant Request of $1,000 from Anthony Nagid
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in McKinney
MEETING DATE: July 25, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development
CONTACT: Janay Tieken, Housing and Community Development Manager
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The grant will help produce one monthly vintage piano show each month, August to November, to a wide variety of McKinney audiences.
• The Vintage Piano Hour with Tony Stride explores a wide spectrum of ragtime music with each show unique in which pieces were played and to what degree the show was narrated.
• Anthony Nagid is the producer of The Vintage Piano Hour program.
• The season’s featured show will partner with the Heard-Craig Center for the Arts and Collin County History Museum.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Outreach Grants provide financial assistance for the costs associated with a single project, or if the applicant is applying for the first time.
• Outreach Grants can pay up to 50% of eligible project expenses, not to exceed $3,000.
• In 2018, Nagid received an Outreach Grant of $1,000 and successfully completed all grant requirements.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• The grant request is for $1,000 and projected expenses for this program are $2,300.
• The funds will be reimbursed in FY20.