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Thumbs UP Partnership We continue to meet with Thumbs Up exploring options for an afterschool youth program housed in the FT Center starting Fall of 2024. Thumbs Up is a local foundation that provides a variety of mental health services and resources for the Elk River Area community. Currently, we are discussing a collaborative program that would result in an afterschool option for high school and middle school youth Monday through Thursday afterschool. As we continue to develop the concept and bring together resources to support the program, we will have more detailed information to share with the Commission and City Council. Spring Breakaway Bash On the weekend of May 10-11, we hosted our first Breakaway Bash Hockey Jamboree. The Breakaway Hockey League is a regional recreational hockey league operated by the FT Center. This new weekend hockey event was held exclusively at the FT Center and included 17 games at our facility, which bought many families and fans to watch their favorite young players. The spectators attending resulted in a busy weekend at the concession stand with $2,810 in weekend concession sales that would not have occurred without the Breakaway event. The Breakaway Bash was an all-round success, and we plan to continue to include the Bash event in all future Breakaway league schedules. Spring Makers Market On Saturday May 4, we hosted our 2024 Spring Makers Market. This year we saw a nice increase in vendors participating with 69 vendor spaces sold, up from 38 in 2023. We were also saw an uptick in market attendees, which pleased our vendors. Of the three markets we facilitate, the Spring Market has historically been the least popular, we are encouraged to see the spring market begin to draw more vendors and shoppers. Rental Customer Feedback We have again received very complimentary feedback from recent facility users. Examples of those emails are included with this report. Social Media Reports Attached is the FT Center Social Media Report for April 2024. Upcoming Events Included is a listing of events scheduled in the FT Center for the upcoming months.