Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract for the Economic Development Department with Six Square - Austin’s Black Cultural District to provide organizational stability, marketing/branding, heritage/cultural preservation, artistic and cultural productions, and economic development programming and activities in the African American Cultural Heritage District for a one-year term in an amount not to exceed $300,000, with four additional one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $300,000 per extension option, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,500,000. Funding: $300,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Economic Development Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining extension options is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
25-0162 · Consent · Passed