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DDA approves Old School Square venue-fee waiver for Rotary Club's Run for the Roses
Summary
The DDA approved a fee waiver for the Rotary Club of Delray Beach's Run for the Roses fundraiser at Old School Square after Rotary president Rita Vrana outlined beneficiaries (scholarships, McKinney-Vento students, Miracle League) and the board requested a detailed budget and post-event accounting.
The Downtown Development Authority voted to approve a venue-fee waiver for the Rotary Club of Delray Beach's Run for the Roses fundraiser at Old School Square.
Rita Vrana, president of the Rotary Club of Delray Beach, told the board the event is a derby-style outdoor fundraiser that underwrites scholarships, the Miracle League team sponsorship and a supplies drive for students on the McKinney-Vento list. "We coordinate with the city as well as each of the schools to get all of the necessary items for those homeless children," Vrana said, and she described the scholarships and the club's distribution plans.
Board members asked for greater upfront transparency about the event budget and post-event accounting. Vrana said the group has a treasurer (David Harden) and said the club would provide the income-and-expense detail the board requested. Vrana also told the board she expected overall expenses of roughly $25,000 and projected a net in the range the club cited to support charitable distributions.
After Q&A about vendor selection and downtown vendor participation, a board member moved to approve the waiver; a second followed and the motion carried unanimously. The board asked staff to require post-event submission of final expenses and net revenue as part of the application follow-up.
The DDA will receive the written budget and post-event invoices for verification as requested by board members.
