Dear City of Merced:
RECEIVED
APR 2 9 2022
MERCED CITY COUNCIL& CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
I am a native of Merced and love my community. The Merced County Nut Festival has grown out of my love for Merced. The mission of the festival is to celebrate the men and women who for generations have dedicated their lives to creating one of the most prosperous nut industries in the nation that then allows the people of Merced County to learn about the process that brings this product from "tree to table." Our goal is to give back to our community in the form of scholarships and sponsorships that allow us to invest in Merced youth ages twelve to seventeen. The method used to achieve our objectives relies on the support of the City of Merced and citizens dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our young people.
On October 26, 2019, the first annual Merced County Nut Festival took place with just four months of planning. Almost 2,000 people were in attendance! Imagine what we could have done with real financial resources from the City of Merced. Everyone said it couldn't be accomplished in such a short time, but we raised over $16,000 in sponsorships, advertising sales, and vendor fees. The festival had twenty-six vendors, eight food trucks, two bands, a dance company, and a community bake-off as well as Chef Rob Matsuo from Five-Ten Bistro showcasing a cooking demonstration with nuts.
The Merced County Nut Festival is requesting $10,000 from the City of Merced. These funds will go towards the following areas:
• Insurance
• Hand-washing stations
• Banner Across G Street
• Merced County Fairgrounds rental fees
• La Guardia security guards
• Print advertising
• Kid-Friendly Activities
Due to COVID-19 our only project to date, which was a huge success, was the 2019 Merced County Nut Festival. The festival was held at the Merced County Fairgrounds at a cost of $16,220. We are very proud of the fact that volunteers included youth from El Capitan and Golden Valley High Schools. The day was life affirming in that we saw young people, and older adults working together for the betterment of our community.
This was all made possible because I had a dream, and with your help and support, we can continue this dream.
Sincerely,
Necola Adams, President
Merced County Nut Festival
3144 G Street Suite 125-383
Merced CA 95340
209-761-8279
[email protected]
2022 Merced County Nut Festival
Expenses
Merced County Fairground Fee
G Street Banner
Insurance
Knight's Portables
La Guardia Security
Print Advertising
Radio Advertising (All of Radio Merced Stations)
Graphic Arts & Design
County Banners
Flyers
Stage Canopy
Booth Signs
Entertainment (2 bands)
DJ Rasta
Face-Painters (7 Face-painters)
Children's Train
Central Valley Virtual Reality Game Truck
Fiscal Agent Fee
Total:
In-kind Services
Office of Education
Printing Commemorative Book
Image Masters (2 Banners)
$2300.00
$2495.00
$ 921.00
$ 796.65
$1100.00
$2000.00
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$1500.00
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Vendor fees $1300.00
Merced Junior College $1500.00
Harris Woolf Almonds $1000.00
Hostetler Ranches $1500.00
Ads $3200.00
EECU $1000.00
Total: $9,500.00
The staff of the Merced County Nut Festival
Dr. Kim McMillon:
PHO in Humanities, Instructor of Global Arts Studies program at UC Merced Playwright
Producer/director
Organizer of the 2010 Ethiopian New Year's Festival, as well as many others Co-Creator of Midnight Shakespeare for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival Part of the team that developed and held the first Merced County Nut Festival Dr Kim McMillion, is the Editor of the Book Black Fire, released March 2022, Willow books Dr. Wanda Patrick:
AA in Social Science,
AS in Administration of Justice,
BA in Social Science,
MA in School counseling with PPS Credential,
Mild/Moderate Special Education Teacher's Credential,
PHO in Education emphasis in Special Education
Dr Wanda Patrick is currently a special Education Resource Instructor at Weaver School Jerome Raspberry:
25 years of community organizing,
20 years in the field of education
Jerome Raspberry is currently the Foundation Director for the organization C.A.R.S.P.L.U.S.
Necola Adams:
Owner of Mrs. Adams Gourmet Cookies, 28 years
Former owner of Limey's Lunchbox.
Former owner of the Cookie Lady's bakery and Cafe,
Volunteer parent in the Merced City School District, 18 years, Former substitute teachers aid for the Merced City School District Community advocate, over 30 years,
Past President of the League of women voters,
Past 2nd vice president of the National council of Negro women, Past 1st vice president of the NAACP Merced Chapter,
Past commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the city of Merced, Former Mayoral candidate for the city of Merced,
Former caterer to 22 sitcoms, 5 record labels in Hollywood Presently, Real Estate agent with Coldwell Banker Premier Real Estate President of the Merced County Nut Festival
Gwen Hagaman
Gwen Hagaman is a creative, customer-driven, and adept marketing leader who meets the challenges of both "highly competitive metropolitan" and "remote rural" markets. She is highly successful in network building, creative services development and multi-channel marketing strategies. Using proven creative process skills, multi-channel marketing strategies and consumer trend analysis, she spearheads dynamic market campaigns for her clients. Her motivating leadership and organizational focus inspire others during stressful and dynamic situations.
Working to promote the Whitewater Rafting Industry in the New River Gorge area, Ms. Hagaman received a "Star of Tourism" award from the State of West Virginia.
She authored a documentary book detailing the process of developing hydropower at Summersville Dam. Her work in graphic design and marketing have consistently been recognized by peer organizations on the local, state, regional and national levels since the mid-1980 to date.
After choosing Merced as her home, Ms. Hagaman has provided marketing and design services to local businesses and Chambers of Commerce. Her projects have included several years of publishing "Merced Today" magazine for the Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce. Currently she publishes "Va.monos" magazine for the Merced County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This "things to do in Merced County" publication helps to realize her career goal of attracting tourism dollars into this community and closing the existing "Tourism Defficit." Ms. Hagaman was part of the team that developed and held the first Merced County Nut Festival. She remains devoted to contributing to the event's long term success in celebrating Merced County's biggest industry.
Areas of expertise:
- Multi-Channel Advertising
- Project Development
- Community Affairs
- Website Development
- Marketing Strategies
- Creative Services including Design, Writing, Illustration and Photography - Grant Funding Resources
- Project Leadership
- Public Relations
- Contract Negotiations
- Public Speaking and Training
- Publicity Campaigns
- Online Sales Strategy
- Strategic Market Development
- Promotions
- Business Networking
Specialties:
- Economic Development Marketing
- Tourism Attraction Campaigns
- Corporate Sales Support
- Internet Marketing Training
Education:
Associate of Science Degree from Kanawha Community & Technical College with course work from San Jose City College and Porterville College Proposed project
The Merced County Nut Festival will take place on Saturday, October 22,2022, at the Merced County Fairground, 900 Martin Luther King Jr. way, from 10am-Spm.
This festival will have 5 major Nut vendors including Buchanan Nut Hollow. 8 Food trucks D.J. Rasta, The South Pacific Dance Company, G Street Revolution Band, Comprised of U.C. Merced Professors. The festival will also include a central Valley V.R. Gaming truck and a rock- climbing wall.
We would like to see Merced become a true destination place where people from all over the world come to celebrate our Agricultural Nut Industry.
The last Merced County Nut Festival drew and attendance of almost 2,000 people, this year, we are looking forward to an attendance of over 4,000. If needed, we will obey whatever COVID 19 protocols that are in place.
The future of the Merced County Nut Festival is to grow into one of the largest festivals on the West Coast within the next 5-10 years. Eventually we hope to grow it from a lday event into a 3day event.
This will bring to our city new businesses in all sectors that will create good paying jobs. The festival will also bring people that will fill up our hotels and restaurants, shop our stores, drive out to see our beautiful U.C. and maybe some of them will fall in love with our small-town feel, purchase homes and decide to make Merced their permanent home.
When The Merced County Nut Festival transitions to the 3day event, it has the potential of bringing Millions of dollars to the City of Merced in just those few short days, not just that, but it will create thousands of dollars towards scholarships and sponsorships for organizations that give our teenage youth positive life skills and alternatives that are determents from joining gangs.
The Merced County Nut Festival will not only e entertainment and fun, it will also be education al on the process our Walnuts, Almonds and Pistachios go through before they come to the grocery store or a families kitchen table. It will also educate the public on the understanding of water management issues, which are pivotal not just for us, but our agricultural survival.
To summarize the Merced County Nut Festivals mission, it is to celebrate the Nut industry and those in it, educate the public on what happens from "tree to table" and give back to our community in the form of Scholarships and sponsorships for youth 12-17 years old.
Scope of services
The Nut Festival is an event for the whole community, it has no age limit, there is something for everyone who attends.
The success of the Nut festival will be because we thought of public safety first. These are the measures we have taken for that:
• 4 Deputies from the Merced County Sheriffs Department • 6 Security guards for La Guardia Security service
• Metal detector wands at both entrances
• Medical personal at the First Aid booth
• Information specialist at the Information booth/lost and found For the young children there will be Face painters, Merced Rocks organization with rock painting, and a Train for train rides.
For the older youth, there will be a virtual reality truck, and a Rock-climbing wall For the adults, there will be a host of vendors, food trucks and great music from several local bands and D.J. Rasta. There will be a cooking demonstration by Chef Rob Matsuo of 510 Bistro as well as trophies and a cash prize for the best dessert entry in the bake-off contest.
For the whole family there will be educational speakers and material on how nuts are grown, harvested, and processed, as well as information on water management.
We have made sure that the Merced County Nut Festival looks like the community. It is inclusive of all those who live within our City and our County. Flyers will be in the 6 major languages of the county, and the volunteers will be a representation of what our city looks like. Although this festival is about the celebration and education of the Nut industry, it is also about connecting us as one, celebrating our diversity and appreciating each person as they are.
References for the Merced County Nut Festival
Dr. Susan Walsh
Partner of Walsh, Cassidy and Walsh
1715 Mondo Drive, Merced CA 95340
209-756-1473
Julie Wilkes
Retired Clerk for Raley's
345 E. Emerald Drive Merced CA 95340
209-383-4155
Ella Luna-Garza
Pastor United Methodist Church, Merced
2983 Wainwright, Merced CA 95340
214-606-2774
April 28, 2022
Re: Letter of Support
To Whom It May Concern,
"To nurture and inspire the arts and artists in Merced County by cultivating a place for creative discovery, community, and dialogue." The Merced County Arts Council is proud to support and be the fiscal sponsor of the Merced County Nut Festival.
Back in October 2019, Necola Adams organized Merced County's first inaugural Nut Festival with huge success that helped promote our region. Now, after the nearly three-year pandemic, we hope the festival will continue its success of promoting our county. The festival is an opportunity to lift our community up and unite us in our collective achievement.
On behalf of the Merced County Arts Council, we look forward to celebrating our region's nut industry through this annual Merced County Nut Festival.
Sincerely,
Colton Dennis
Executive Director
Merced County Arts Council
Multicultural Arts Center (the MAC)
EIN#: 94-2451184
(209) 388-1090 I [email protected] I 645 W. Main St. I Merced, CA 95340 I artsmerced.org April 28, 2022
Merced City Council
678 W 18th Street
Merced, CA 95340
Dear Merced City Council:
This letter is to express my endorsement of the Merced County Nut Festival and to ask for your support.
As Merced grows and the downtown area continues to flourish, growing the Nut Festival will only add momentum to people discovering that Merced is a wonderful place to raise a family and retire in later years. Like Gilroy with garlic, Lodi with wine, Los Banos with tomatoes, and Castroville with artichokes, Merced can find its place in the spotlight with the celebration of our one of our greatest commodities.
In addition to serving as a great marketing tool, the festival also provides a forum for agriculture to educate the public about the great economic impact commodities like almonds, pistachios, and walnuts have on this county. The festival can discuss the need to manage our water to provide food and fiber for the state and country. Unlike other things produced exclusively in other countries, we cannot become dependent on other countries for our food and fiber.
In reading the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan, it "envisions a growing community that preserves much of its small-town flavor and social setting, a city that has an improved economy, adequate public services and cultural facilities, and a good overall quality of life for its residents." by its nature, the Merced County Nut Festival, creates a small-town flavor and a good overall quality of life for its residents. The festival aligns with the Merced Vision 2030 General Plan and needs community support.
Therefore, I hope the Council will give thoughtful consideration to providing the Merced County Nut Festival with the requested grant funding.
Steven E. Gomes, Ed.D.
Retired Merced County Superintendent of Schools Emeritus
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The Merced County Nut Festival was created out
of a love, respect and deep appreciation of our fam1ing community. There is no other commodity that unites
every city - large and small - in
Merced County the way our al
monds, walnuts and pistachios do.
Currently, the nut industry in
our county produces over $750
million a year. We are one of the
world's largest exporters of
almonds. We supply most of the
United States and almost 85 per
cent of the entire world's demand
for almonds. We provide over 40
percent of the entire world with
our pistachios and walnuts -
making Merced County a premiere
player on the world stage.
happens with almonds, walnuts and pistachios from
"tree to table," along with an understanding of water
management issues which are pivotal for our
agricultural survival.
The future vision for the
Merced County Nut Festival is to
become one of the largest festivals
to be held on the West Coast
within five years. We plan to grow
to a three day event with over
100,000 visitors attending.
The Merced County Nut
Festival celebrates everyone who
contributes to the success of this
industry - its growers, hullers,
producers, equipment makers,
distributors, and thousands of
workers. It's an opportunity to lift
our community up and unite us in
Necola Adams
The Merced County Nut
Festival is a nonprofit organi
zation with the goal of supporting
other nonprofits using proceeds
beyond costs. We will focus on
groups that support youth ages 13
to 17. At ages 12 to 13, children
who are not involved in sports or
band age out of almost every after
school program operating in this
county. This is a vulnerable age,
when it's most important for a
child to feel some kind of kinship
and belonging. Money raised by
our collective achievement.
This festival is also an
opportunity to educate the
public
about
what
President
Merced County Nut Festival
this festival will help our
communities protect our future generations.
To summarize the Merced County Nut Festival's
mission in a nut shell (pun intended), it is to celebrate the nut industry, educate the public on
the process from "tree to table", then
give back to the community. This
will be our legacy and our
success.
We're
delicious!
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A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT
second Annual
T Merced county Nut Festival2020 Donor Form
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or complete this form and mail along with payment to:
Merced County Nut Festival
3144 G Street, Suite 125-383
Merced CA 95340
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D Donating supplies or merchandise
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fVierced County Agrfculture rroductfon Report
Merced County's agricultural commodities
grossed more than $4.4 billion in 2014 for a
record high. This is the first time Merced agri
culture surpassed the $4 billion mark.
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$821 million to the county's economy in 2014.
• Almonds ranked second in agricultural produc
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• There are seven almond handlers in Merced
County (ABC).
• There are six huller/shellers in Merced County
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Merced County ranks fourth in almond produc
tion, providing 10 percent of the entire California
crop value.
Source: Merced County 20 7 4 Agricultural Crop Report
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Merced County Agriculture
Facts from the 2012 Census
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National
Agricultural Statistics Service completes a
comprehensive summary of agricultural activity
for the United States and for each state and its
counties every five years. Per the 2012 Ag
Census:
• There are approximately 2,486 farms in
Merced County.
• Average farm size is 394 acres. However,
57 percent of farms are smaller than 50 acres.
• Farming is the primary occupation for over
64 percent of farm operators.
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