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Enhance Iowa CAT

Community Attraction and Tourism grants

Marla Quinn, Grants and Municipal Coordinator

ECIA

• Community

Development and City Services

• Community Services
• Economic

Development

• Employment and

Training

Services

• Fundraising Consulting
• Housing
• Transit
• Transportation and Planning

CAT Grant Overview

• Enhance Iowa provides grant funds to assist projects

that provide recreational, cultural, entertainment and educational attractions, as well as sports tourism.

• Deadlines: January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15

by 4:30 p.m.

• Funds must be primarily used for vertical infrastructure
• Two years to spend the money

Overview of ECIA’s CAT grant success

City

• fMaquoketa

Date of Award: 4/13/2005 Requested Amount: $900,000 - Award Amount: $825,000 Project Description: A 36,000-square foot facility with indoor swimming pool, outdoor mist plaza, gym, jogging/walking track, an exercise/aerobic room, and weight room.

Area Recreational Center, The ARC

Date of Awards: 7/13/2005 - 7/11/2007 Requested Amounts: $500,000 - $600,000 Award Amounts: $250,000 - $120,000 Project Description: Both involved street reconstruction, increased parking, decorative lighting and concrete, landscaping, and (Ph I) the addition of the City’s logo in the middle of the intersection, and (Ph II) two John Bloom entrance sculptures, and the relocation of a German Hausbarn from Schleswig, Germany to Lincoln Park.

City

• f DeWitt

Sixth Avenue Reconstruction and Streetscape – Phases I & II

Dubuque Community Ice & Recreation, Inc

Date of Award: 6/11/2008 Requested Amount: $1,500,000 - Award Amount: $675,000 Project Description: The community ice center will feature a rink and seating for 1,000 people and will include a community room capable of hosting up to 100 people, a dedicated hockey, and ice skating pro shop, six locker rooms, and a concession stand.

Community Ice Center

Date of Award: November 13, 2013 Requested Amount: $300,000 - Award Amount: $300,000 Project Description: Construction of a whitewater course spanning approximately 900 feet, turning a frequently flooding river from a liability into an asset.

City Manchester

• f

Manchester Whitewater Park

Date of Award: 1/9/2019 Requested Amount: $500,000 - Award Amount: $500,000 Project Description: Miracle League of Dubuque (Co- Applicant) All-Inclusive Baseball Field and Playground. Project will be located in the heart of the city at Veteran’s Memorial Park.

City Dubuque

• f

Everyone Deserves a Chance to Play

Important Considerations

Before applying

• Financial Support – CAT is absolutely last money in
• County
• City
• Private
• Other sources
• Fundraising
• Documentation of all of the above

Recently, CAT awards have been averaging between 12- 15% of the total project costs.

Important Elements

• f the

application

• Threshold Eligibility
• Eligible Applicant
• Benefits
• Local Support
• Vertical Infrastructure
• Fundraising

Important Elements

• f the

application

• Feasibility
• Business Plan
• Marketing Plan
• Management Team

Worth 25 points; 15 point minimum required

Important Elements

• f the

application

• Economic Impact
• Fits with community’s economic

development/workforce recruitment plans

• Quality of life
• Attracts visitors from 50 miles
• Jobs, wages, benefits
• Long-term tax generation

Worth 25 points; 15 point minimum required

Important Elements

• f the

application

• Leveraged Activity
• Other projects that may be created
• How project will stimulate creation of
• ther activities
• Multi-phased development

Worth 10 points; 6 point minimum required

Important Elements

• f the

application

• Fundraising/Local Match

Worth 25 points; no minimum points required

Donor Name Contribution Date Contribution Amount Cash/Pledge/ In-Kind Ross Poldark 11/27/18 $50,000 Cash James Fraser 12/1/18 $25,000 Pledge Caroline Ennis 12/15/18 $2,500 In-Kind

Important Elements

• f the

application

• Planning Principles
• Efficient use of resources
• Variety of transportation choices
• Sense of place
• Conservation of open space
• Safety, livability, & revitalization
• Conserve natural resources

Worth 10 points; no minimum points required

After Submitted

the grant is

• IEDA staff determines if applicants

meet threshold eligibility

• Applicant presents project to CAT

Review Committee

• Application is scored and may be

recommended for funding

Cost To Write

a CAT grant

• $5,000 (or less)
• What you get
• Professional Grant Writing*
• Liaison
• Printing and assembly
• Packaging and sending to Des Moines

My experience Process

with this

• Reach out to the program officer before you start!
• Determine if the group you are working with is ready

to apply.

• City and County financial support is required – start

these processes early.

• Plan on making more than one trip to Des Moines
• It all comes down to the project’s match.

Planning Apply

to

• Defined Project
• Fundraising
• County and City Cash Match
• Local Support Materials
• Economic Impact Materials

Marla Quinn,

Grants & Municipal Coordinator mquinn@ecia.org

Questions?