Overall, excellent project and stellar artists.

Since they are using state facilities, there is some question in my mind as to whether they or the facilities should be completing the 504 checklist--really I think it should be the facilities, and they probably do.  Otherwise, their accessibility efforts seem very good.

One of the identified goals is to increase African cultural activities for the Florida community at-large, but I cannot find any language about your statewide outreach efforts. They seem to be limited to a more local area and into southern Georgia. I was surprised not to find any identified relationships with any of the Africana or African American studies programs with the major universities outside of Tallahassee.

Given the length of time of the festival, have you been able to track feedback from repeat participants? Do you have current participants who are now adults but started participating as children? This would be quite compelling in terms of long-term impact.

Your wheelchair dance class is a wonderful idea.

This event's attention to the interrelationship between culture and health is compelling and adds a sophisticated dynamic to the programming. Excellent range of programming offered throughout the festival. Excellent attention to inclusion and accessibility. 

An area that could be significantly strengthened: the "Traditional Arts" discipline, as defined in the grant guidelines, stresses projects that preserve and present traditional arts of cultural groups in Florida, especially those traditional cultural expressions shared within communities (in Florida). While it is certainly valuable to include internationally recognized artists (and aspire to increase this by 30%), this should always remain in balance with seeking to increase the presence of performers who are from Florida and from the specific localized communities you intend to benefit from the project, such as the Florida companies noted under educational components. This may be something that event organizers consider as part of your objective to increase artists for Festival Concert by 50%, but it does not seem prioritized and is not highlighted as a specific objective on its own.

I like the project.  Nice that they have NEA support.  

Seems like a project that could use a dedicated development person for corporate relations and membership development.  Lots of potential for diversified funding.