Number
141544
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
131421
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
Resolution relating to the City of Milwaukee’s 2015 joint United Performing Arts Fund and Visions Campaign.
Analysis
This resolution recognizes the importance of the City’s joint United Performing Arts Fund and Cultural and Environmental Visions Campaigns (UPAF/Visions) and encourages support by City of Milwaukee employees.
Body
Whereas, Additional non-tax contributions are needed to supplement property tax funds to preserve and promote the quality of life in Milwaukee, and nonprofit organizations have been established to receive contributions from the private sector toward this end; and
Whereas, The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), founded in 1967, is a nonprofit, umbrella organization that supports 38 performing arts groups in Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin through its annual fundraising campaign; and
Whereas, UPAF performing arts members provide more than 2,000 performances annually and offer educational and training opportunities for more than 400,000 children and youth; and
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee first authorized and conducted the VISIONS campaign in 1990 to run concurrently with the annual United Performing Arts Fund Campaign; and
Whereas, Eleven organizations currently participate in the Milwaukee Visions Campaign providing broad support for the cultural, recreational and environmental life of the City, and include:
1. The Urban Forestry Fund, established by the Milwaukee Foundation in 1990 with funds previously held in trust by the City to further enhance the environment of the City.
2. The Milwaukee Recreation Fund, established in 1992 by the Milwaukee Foundation to help enhance small town park settings within City neighborhoods by providing funds to make special improvements to more than 40 children’s play areas, and providing safe and imaginative recreation opportunities for the City’s children and families to give residents and neighborhood o...
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