Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative Delray Beach 100 ft. Christmas Tree Lighting & First Night 2016
DBMC and the Holidays Tree Build during the month of November Operation of Tree Site in December: 100 Foot Christmas Tree, Gift Shop, Santa Visits, Ice Skating rink, Kiddie train ride. Includes management of employees and volunteers. Planning, production and marketing of Tree Lighting Ceremony Planning, production, marketing and ticket sales for First Night Planning and production of Cookie Cruises with Santa Dismantling of the Tree in January
Holiday Venues Santa s House Gift Shop 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 13
DBMC Budget for the Holidays Budget for Tree Site Operation $175,000 City contributes: $25,000 DDA contributes: $30,000 The rest ($120,000) is the responsibility of the DBMC to fund
Funds go to: Building and dismantling Tree - $25,000 Wiring the Tree for electricity - $47,500 Wiring the Tree for Sound Cranes for Tree Build and moving houses Additional staff to run the site activities such as ice rink and gift shop Signage Marketing - design, website, collateral Supplies that we can t get donated
DBMC Funding for Tree: $120,000 Sponsorships Site Activity Ice Skating, Gift Shop, Santa photos Donations Vendors at Tree Lighting Most event promoters make money from ticket sales, alcohol sales, sponsorships and vendors. The City Events are Free and we do not sell alcohol leaving only sponsorships and site activity.
Previous Sponsors 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 8
Tree Build $159,000 in-kind donations Home Depot, Sun Sentinel, Restaurants
In Kind Donations include: Free Advertising from Sun Sentinel Free TV promos from CBS 12 Line item of up to $5,000 from Home Depot Used for waters for volunteers, decorations, new ornaments, cleaning items, tools, timber, paint. Home Depot also touches up the houses each year saving City labor Food for volunteers for the month of November from 20+ restaurants in Delray Beach Volunteer hours that equate to $45,000 of time (@ $12/hour rate based on Non-Profit council guidelines)
Value of Holiday Hours Our four person team puts in 2,283 man-hours which equals $61,394 in labor for the Holidays
DBMC VALUE DBMC BUDGET
December Events Tree Lighting 30,000 Attendance Economic Impact $866,779 100ft. Christmas Tree 100,000 attendance throughout December $4.8 million in economic impact First Night 30,000 Attendance Economic Impact $709,000
Event Statistics Marketing Impressions average approximately 10,000,000 throughout the month of December. Economic impact $4.25 million. Holiday events are family oriented. Majority of event goers are married, employed full time and have a college degree. *Age & Gender Breakdown based on Facebook Insights 2015 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 5
New Holiday Activities in 2014 World Record attempt Tacky Sweater Kiddie Train ride installed Cookie Cruise with Santa
New Holiday Activities in 2015 Holiday Village - Collaboration with DBCFTA Brand New Ice Skating Rink Gift from Putt N Around Horse & Carriage Rides Slight changes to site footprint Partial opening of site on November 27 th day after Thanksgiving 100ftChristmasTree.com Page1
100 Foot Christmas Tree Site Plan
Key Dates 2015 November 27 th Carousel, Ice Rink, Train Ride, Holiday Village open December 3 rd Tree Lighting and Santa Landing 5pm 10pm December 4 th January 1 st Tree Open Daily - 10am 10pm December 5, 12, 19,20 Cookie Cruise with Santa* (tentative) December 6 th Lighting of the Menorah at OSS grounds - Sundown December 12 th Holiday Parade 6pm December 31 st First Night 2016 Family Friendly New Year s Eve event 100ftChristmasTree.com Page2
Tree Lighting Ceremony 100ftChristmasTree.com Page3
Menorah Lighting, Cookie Cruise with with Santa & First Night 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 4
What people are saying: It was amazing! My 1 st time enjoying this experience my 6 y/o loved it! Amy Machado, Sun Sentinel Great exposure for Alpine Jaguar We actually sold a car! Ceylan, Alpine Jaguar You guys are awesome. I can t tell you how much you are appreciated. So proud to be associated with you all. --Dan Castrillion, Chair Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce Congratulations on a great event last night you guys did an awesome job!! I can t believe how many people were there! Michelle Klein, CBS 12 *Direct quotes from 2014 post-event feedback Stephanie, I want to thank-you for "going the extra mile" and for the support you gave us from start to finish... TEAM DBMC...YOU GUYS ROCK! Jim Wrona, Remax 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 6
What people are saying: Great job! Good idea to move the kid s performances Mayor Cary Glickstein It takes a "Village" as they say, but Parks & Rec and DBMC do a great job on First Night in Delray Beach!! Cindi Freeburn in Delray Raw Great event and great Job Karen Granger, President CEO Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce This was the best Tree Lighting ever Santa Claus We heard the kids at the inflatable activities mention they were just like the show Wipe Out John O Brien *Direct quotes from 2014 post-event feedback 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 7
Team DBMC Jarrod White Event Manager Tiffany Mazer Operations Manager Stephanie Immelman Stephen Executive Director Chrisanthus Associate Director. 100ftChristmasTree.com Page 15