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Miami Lakes committee advances festival plans, creates VIP/platinum sponsorship
Summary
A Miami Lakes community committee advanced planning for the annual festival, approved sponsorship tiers (platinum $1,500; gold $800; silver $500; tables $250) and voted to create a VIP/platinum section that restricts speaking to the platinum level. Members also discussed performers, school participation and vendor negotiations.
A Miami Lakes community planning committee meeting focused much of its time on the annual festival, approving sponsorship tiers and creating a VIP/platinum sponsorship category that will receive the event’s most prominent placement.
The committee reviewed tiered sponsorship levels — platinum at $1,500, gold $800, silver $500 and a $250 table — and debated what additional benefits to grant platinum supporters. “The difference with the platinum level ones is that we allow them to come up on stage to speak,” a committee member said during the discussion; members proposed adding a plaque or a VIP tent as added incentives.
Members also agreed to remove speaking privileges from the gold tier and to reserve front-stage and VIP seating for platinum sponsors. A motion to create a VIP section for platinum sponsors and remove speaking from the gold level was moved and seconded and then acted on by the body; the transcript documents the motion and seconding but does not include a recorded roll-call tally.
Planning details discussed included recruiting performers and school groups (salsa dancers and other local performance groups were named as prospects), confirming food trucks and games, and assigning volunteers to contact vendors and school partners. Committee members volunteered to follow up with specific vendors and schools and to begin sponsor outreach once the event dates and final mockups are available.
Budget items tied to the festival were also raised: members said they were using last year’s budget as a placeholder until the town confirms actual collections and asked staff for an itemized expenses list, noting that proceeds were to be split with First Alarm per prior agreement.
The committee set a near-term target to finalize sponsorship lists and vendor quotes in early April so that signs, mockups and promotional materials can be ordered and sponsors can be notified. Next steps are for the staff liaison and volunteers to circulate final mockups and confirmed sponsor names to the group.
