project leader
Kara D
location
1800 Columbia Rd NW
(Adams Morgan )
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the project

This page is CLOSED, but we are still fundraising - please go to our NEW PAGE to make a contribution for Adams Morgan Day 2017!

http://ioby.org/admoday

 

Adams Morgan Day 2017 needs your participation and donations to celebrate our neighborhood’s eclectic culture, businesses and artistic impulses on Sunday, September 10, from noon to 6 p.m.!

From its humble beginnings in the 1970s, Adams Morgan Day grew into one of the nation’s largest street festivals. In 2015, a small group of Adams Morgan residents and small-business owners stepped in to take up where the previous organizers left off. We had to start from scratch with fundraising, and threw a smaller festival the past two years. This year, we're ready and determined to close the street again, bringing back vendors and more music.

To close the street, we'll need to raise about 5X the money we have over the past two years. Most of this will go to city services, emergency services, permits and the like, to keep everyone safe and happy. We also want to make the event FUN! We need funds to pay for sound equipment, bands, and kids’ art supplies to bring it all together. Donations and volunteer time are both very much needed! 

Our goal is to make Adams Morgan Day 2017 a day to celebrate the great things our neighborhood offers. The public is invited to every organizational meeting we hold, so join us! We’ve forged new community ties as we prepare to stage our “neighborhood showcase.” With everyone’s help, we hope to build Adams Morgan Day into a bigger festival again this year, but with a truly local focus and total transparency. 

 

the steps

We’ll use the money for:

  • Permits, insurance, and licensing
  • Street Closure fees
  • Design and printing of flyers, banners and t-shirts
  • Domain registration and web-hosting
  • Advertising
  • Sound equipment
  • DC emergency and law-enforcement presence

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why we're doing it

The Adams Morgan neighborhood is proud of its ethnic diversity, multi-cultural small businesses, and artistic offerings. Like other desirable inner-city neighborhoods, Adams Morgan faces economic-development pressures that threaten to displace its diverse population, as well as its small-scale businesses. These economic pressures often sow controversy and division within the neighborhood.

Adams Morgan Day is a 39-year-old tradition that we don’t want to lose. We want to rebuild it as an event that brings the whole neighborhood together and builds relationships and trust between our new and long-term residents, and between the residential and business communities.
 

Vendor and Artist applications

If you are interested in being a vendor or artist, please fill out our interest form on adamsmorganday2017.com
 

Sponsors Needed!

If you are interested in being an event sponsor, please contact us at adamsmorganday2017@gmail.com
 

 

budget

Disbursed Budget

Raised = $11,610.00

less ioby Platform Fee $35.00

less Payment Processing Fee (3%) $337.14

Total to disburse = $11,237.86

City Services $6,955.00

Rentals and Emergency Services $1,157.00

Entertainment $1,157.00

Marketing, Organizing Expenses $1,968.86

 

Updated Budget (8.2.17)

We only have high level estimates now, but will refine the budget as costs become clear.

City Services - $45,000
Because we are closing the block this year, we anticipate having to cover bus rerouting fees as well as higher MPD fees, crossing guards, trash removal, etc.

Rentals and Emergency Services - $10,000
This would be for water barriers, stages, equipment, port-o-potties, tents, tables, and required emergency medical services.

Entertainment - $20,000
We'll plan to have bands on two stages as well as other entertainment.

Marketing, Organizing Expenses - $15,000
This will cover permitting, advertising, posters, banners, fiscal sponsorship, and decorations. 

Subtotal = $90,000

less outside donation of $8,333

New subtotal = $81,667

ioby Platform Fee $35

ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $2,450

Total to raise = $84,152

 

Original Budget

We only have high level estimates now, but will refine the budget as costs become clear.

City Services - $45,000
Because we are closing the block this year, we anticipate having to cover bus rerouting fees as well as higher MPD fees, crossing guards, trash removal, etc.

Rentals and Emergency Services - $10,000
This would be for water barriers, stages, equipment, port-o-potties, tents, tables, and required emergency medical services.

Entertainment - $20,000
We'll plan to have bands on two stages as well as other entertainment.

Marketing, Organizing Expenses - $15,000
This will cover permitting, advertising, posters, banners, fiscal sponsorship, and decorations. 

Subtotal = $90,000

ioby Platform Fee - $35

ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) - $4,500

ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) - $2,700

Total to raise = $97,235

Please note that the DC Arts Center, a local Adams Morgan nonprofit, will serve as our fiscal sponsor this year.

updates

Volunteer Happy Hour

Join the Adams Morgan Day Festival planning committee and volunteers for a Happy Hour to learn more about how to get involved in this year's event!

Thursday, June 1st from 6 - 8 pm at Johnny Pistolas, 2333 18th St NW

Johnny Pistolas has been generous enough extend their 2nd floor event space and happy hour specials to our guests!

  • $2 Tacos
  • $3 Tecates / Pacifico's
  • $3 Drafts
  • $5 Margaritas / Red or White Sangria

Register Here

photos

This is where photos will go once we build flickr integration

donors

  • Joseph Harrison Snyder, Artist
  • Amanda F.
  • Nicolas M.
  • Lil' Fishy
  • Homefix Custom Remodeling
  • Lapis
  • Americans For Self-Rule
  • Anthony D.
  • Anonymous
  • AdamsMorgan Vendor/balance
  • In The Evenings
  • Jewelry by Elsa
  • Whim and Vigor Ceramics
  • Darron Waller
  • Mariko I.
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Kent B.
  • Learning and Development Lab
  • John Zottoli
  • Anonymous
  • jennyjen42
  • Aurora Bath and Jewels
  • Anonymous
  • In The Evenings
  • Joan Jewelry
  • Fran Lapan
  • DC Ben & Jerry's
  • Anonymous
  • Naked Decor
  • Learning and Development Lab
  • KarnH
  • jennyjen42
  • Adams Morgan Partnership BID
  • Jennifer's Handcrafts (Jirasin Saratis)
  • Anonymous
  • Miks Letterpress +
  • Relay For Life DC
  • Anonymous
  • Senthil S.
  • Jewelry by Elsa
  • Joseph Harrison Snyder, Artist
  • Life Asset
  • Libby D.
  • Anonymous
  • Jimmy Potters Studio
  • Brian Reid
  • Lars Etzkorn Law PLLC
  • Anthony D.
  • Xribl
  • Henna Tattoo
  • Darron W.
  • joe shymanski
  • Shawn T.
  • NARAL Pro-Choice America
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • 8 Myles
  • Mina K.
  • Whim and Vigor Ceramics
  • Cherry Blossom Creative
  • Carol
  • Anonymous