Party Palette is a themed birthday party venue primarily geared towards children ages 1-16. There are birthday package options designed for adults as well. With themed party packages and the venue to host a party, Party Palette has a significant advantage over its competition. The idea for Party Palette was born when Kristen Harris, an experienced event planner, was searching endlessly for a venue to host her daughter's birthday party. She was extremely tired of the run of the mill parties at places such as Chuck E. Cheese and needed a venue that could be completely transformed into whatever unique theme she desired. In her experience in designing events, she often found that she was not the only person with such a desire. The problem with this was that it became much too costly to hire an event planner, rent the venue, rent the props and equipment to transform the space, buy tasty food, and purchase all of the other miscellaneous items needed to make the party a success. With this challenge, Kristen set out to find a solution and Party Palette was her answer. Marrying the event planning aspect with the theme development and venue rentals, she is able to pass a substantial cost savings down to a client who is looking to make their child's 13th birthday or their parents' 25th anniversary party the most memorable ever.

The current climate of the country's economy has played a huge role in Party Palette's initiation and direction. Most parents want to give their kids the world and will work hard to ensure that they can do that regardless of what is going on around them. This is apparent because even with the mass amounts of layoffs and cut backs, parents were still flooding the toys stores around Christmas, leaving the shelves bare. Equipped with this knowledge, the owners of Party Palette have created packages that are extremely price conscious but offer the patrons everything from certified event planning to custom invitation design to exclusive use of the venue to menu planning to exciting themed related games and activities to the final thank you notes. Being a one stop party spot has enabled the company to use the recession not as an inhibitor, but as a stimulus. Party Palette makes it possible for clients to give their loved ones the world without paying their whole body's arms, legs and feet for it.

Party Palette would use the grant money to expand its service offerings. Currently there are 10 themed packages for clients to choose from. Each theme requires the purchase of specific props and equipment to completely transform the space. With additional funding, the company would add more unique themes to its menu. Monies would also be used to expand the staffing at Party Palette. Current needs include personnel dedicated to sales and marketing, customer service representative, and at least two additional party attendants.

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