The HTEDC is a corporation, wholly owned by the Hopi Tribe, that was formed in 2005 to foster economic development for the Tribe with a mission is to oversee the commercial enterprises of the Tribe and through other activities to create economic gains on behalf of the Tribe and opportunities for Hopi.
The funds for this donation ($10,000 total with $5,000 each going to organizations in Flagstaff and on Hopi) are the net proceeds of the 4th Annual Hopi-Sponsored All Native Arts and Culture Festival held each year in downtown Flagstaff and run by the HTEDC. HTEDC is pleased that the event met expectations and we are in a position to make donations of equal amounts to the Child Protective Services both in Flagstaff and to Hopi Social Services-Hopi Guidance Center on Hopi.
The funds for this donation ($10,000 total with $5,000 each going to organizations in Flagstaff and on Hopi) are the net proceeds of the 4th Annual Hopi-Sponsored All Native Arts and Culture Festival held each year in downtown Flagstaff and run by the HTEDC. HTEDC is pleased that the event met expectations and we are in a position to make donations of equal amounts to the Child Protective Services both in Flagstaff and to Hopi Social Services-Hopi Guidance Center on Hopi.
This year HTEDC took a small Hopi market which traditionally had 30 artists and attracted around 2,000 people and created a vision for a destination festival for thousands of people to experience the culture and art of Native Americans from all over Arizona and New Mexico. In 2013 HTEDC opened the event to all native artisans with 76 participating. The festival attracted over 10,000 people – an increase of 8,000 over prior years' events.
Pictured from left to right: Kevin Lombardo, CEO, HTEDC; Cynthia Temoke, HTEDC; Gia Vague, DES-CPS; Barb Woods, CPS Assistant Program Manager-Children, Youth and Families; Lauren Belcher, DES-CPS; and Lisa Talayumptewa, HTEDC.
Pictured from left to right: Janice Patch, Clinical Supervisor, Hopi Social Services; Richard Hamilton, Executive Director, Hopi Guidance Center; Cynthia Temoke, Executive Assistant, Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation; Bonnie Secakuku, Board Chair, Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation and Kevin Lombardo, CEO, Hopi Tribe Economic Development Corporation.
