LCDC annual report.pdf

Short Term Goals:
The Future of the LCDC
Acquire funding for Operational Costs
Hire new Playologists
Increase grant writing
Develop Corporate Sponsorships
Increase our outreach programs in partnership with other businesses and organizations.
Maintain, and increase, our attendance, memberships, birthday parties, and fieldtrips.
Maintain our current facilities.
Long Term Goals:
Create a Mobile Center
Bring temporary travel exhibits to the Center.
Build a larger Facility.
Acquire new exhibits that will highlight the educational factors of a Grocery Store, Fracking,
Safety, Environment, Agriculture, Energy, etc.
Partner with other organizations in need of growth.
Bring Mobile Exhibits throughout the community.
Increase our Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math Program.
Expand our programs for children with different disabilities or health conditions.
Acquire a Bus, which will allow us to bring our educational programs to other areas of the
community that otherwise won’t have access to the facility like Daycares, Schools, and
Churches etc.
Enrichment Afterschool Programs: Educational Programs outside the School hours.
Increase outreach programs in partnership with other organizations.
Increase our partnership with governmental agencies, City, Parish, State, and Federal.
What does it take to host a Travel Exhibit?
A travel exhibit is a temporary fixed structure that stays in one location for 3 months.
Thomas & Friends
Size: 1,500-2,000 sq. ft.
Rental Fee: $55,000 plus inbound shipping
Duration: Three months
Target Audience: 2-7 year-olds, families, and school groups
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Size: 2,500 sq. ft.
Rental Fee: $70,000 plus inbound shipping
Duration: Three months
Target Audience: 10 year-olds, families, and school groups.
Dinosaurs, Land of Fire and Ice
Size: 2,000 sq. ft.
Rental Fee: $45,000 plus inbound shipping
Duration: Three month
Target Audience: 3-10 year-olds, families, and school groups.
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