Explanation
This ordinance authorizes an appropriation within the Public Safety Initiatives subfund in support of a sixth APPS Cap City Nights Festival.
The Applications for Purpose, Pride, and Success (APPS) program was created in 2011. Its mission is to reduce crime and violence by increasing protective factors in the lives of Columbus youth and young adults (ages 14-23) through proven prevention and intervention strategies. Those strategies include offering safe and constructive alternatives to violence, youth mentorship, linkage to necessary services, and providing long-term support for future goal attainment.
One component of the APPS program includes the Cap City Nights Festivals. The summer festivals are a prevention strategy that aims to foster safe and healthy community relationships by bringing together neighborhood residents, worshipers, service providers, and business owners. Festival activities encourage relationship building among families and neighbors, thereby strengthening community ties and empowering the community to work together to reduce violence while creating a platform of trust to produce positive change. Festivals are themed, highlighted with free food, live entertainment and a host of games and activities for the entire family.
This ordinance provides funding for the execution of a sixth Cap City Nights Festival.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Public Safety Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately provide Recreation and Parks with the resources necessary to plan and execute a sixth Cap City Nights Festival.
Title
To authorize an appropriation within the Public Safety Initiatives subfund to the Department of Recreation and Parks in support of a sixth APPS Cap City Nights Festival; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the mission of the Applications for Purpose, Pride, and Success (APPS) program is to reduce crime and violence by increasing protective factors ...
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