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Local nonprofits ask Cocoa for sponsorship and partnership for Oct. 19 Prosperity and Wealth Summit
Summary
Representatives of the Success Center and local faith leaders described the Prosperity and Wealth Summit, a national initiative being hosted in Cocoa/Rockledge on Oct. 19, and asked the council for partnership, publicity and potential sponsorship.
Representatives of the Success Center, including program director George Frazier, and community faith leaders asked the Cocoa City Council on Sept. 23 to support the Prosperity and Wealth Summit, a one-day event planned for Oct. 19 that organizers said will be simulcast nationally and hosted locally at 217 Dixie Lane.
Frazier, who described the summit as a national, 15-city initiative, said the program connects families and small businesses to tools and resources aimed at building household wealth. "The average family in Cocoa makes about $56,000 a year," Frazier said. "But in order to buy a house, it costs between $260,000 and $300,000." He told council that the summit will pair training, business incubator services and resource tables from legal, financial and insurance experts.
Bishop Anthony Hatcher and other community leaders described local programming planned for the event, including free services and a health fair component. Organizers asked the council for help finding sponsors and promoting the event to residents. Council members said they would make the nonprofit donation application available and suggested outreach through staff and existing city channels.
Councilwoman Coles asked whether the city had money in its small nonprofit donation program; she was told there is a $5,000 allocation at the start of the fiscal year and that the city uses an application process for distribution. The clerk agreed to accept an application from the summit organizers for council consideration. Deputy Mayor Weeks confirmed the Oct. 19 date and that the local site is intended to host up to 500 in-person participants while the event is simulcast to other sites.
Organizers said they are working with partners in Rockledge and Melbourne and that the summit is intended to be the start of a year-long set of services following the one-day event. City staff did not commit specific sponsorship dollars during the meeting; staff and council asked for the formal application so the council could consider any donation through the city's established process.
