Posted by Fixerupper on December 05, 2010 at 16:51:44 from (207.199.205.40):
In Reply to: Tractor Show...... posted by Sparktrician on December 04, 2010 at 19:58:11:
Three other posters here have very good ideas. It takes more than one head to generate enough good ideas. There are so many more possibilities to raise money than one person can come up with.
The one blessing our show has is we own the show grounds. If we want to put up a new building, we can do it. The only limitation is money. (and trying to get every director to think on the same level LOL)!We also rent land for the field activities but it's prime Iowa farm land and the rent isn't cheap.
Here's a very remote possibility, but maybe someone will gift you land for the show grounds. You might have to move the show to a different location but you won't have to pay rent anymore and you have freedom. This happened to our show way back 35 years ago or so when the show was struggling along to get started. It's a very remote possibility, but you never know. It's all about scratching backs and rubbing elbows with the right people.
I mentioned grants in my previous post. Federal sponsored grants are a pain in the butt to obtain, but it's possible. I attended a couple of seminars on how to get grants for our show and I found out it's no piece of cake. You just have to decide how dedicated you want to be to the cause before you try for one. There are some easy ones out there too but you have to look for them. Like I said, you have to rub elbows with the right people and you have to have your eyes open. Our show put a new roof on a building with grant money they obtained from a county improvement grant of some sort, and it was easy to get. They got it after I left the board so I'm not familiar with the details.
I don't know what your board of directors is like, but the majority of them have to be seriously dedicated to the show to make any progress. One ambitious board member won't get anywhere if the rest of them don't care to help. BTDT!!!!!!!
Insurance has been so darned high since 9-11 and there's not a whole lot we can do about it. In their eyes any public gathering is a potential terrorist attack. I don't see why some Alla worshiper would want to terrorize some down to earth country folk putting around with old tractors but the big mega-insurers seem to think there's a possibility. One thing that helps a tiny bit is not allowing alcoholic drinks of any sort on the grounds or in the parking lot. Jim
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