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Response 2.1: Effectively determining overnight stays is extremely difficult in Roslyn since we have <br />Evidence * very few overnight options in town - a few vacation rentals, one bed and breakfast <br />and a four-bedroom inn. Even if we did link stays with these venues, the top <br />number would be about 20 stays. <br />In our 2017 grant application, RTown requested $1,000 in funds to purchase or <br />lease tools that would allow us to calculate tourist visits, especially those who <br />stayed overnight. Commissioner Jewell declined that budget item because the <br />county intended to purchase or develop a tool to measure visitors related to <br />tourism. He said that would be available to RTown for the Art Festival. <br />I contacted the Commissioner a few months later and re -expressed our need and <br />he said RTown could be included in the beta -testing. Unfortunately, that never <br />became available. <br />Thus, we had no way to gather that information. It is frustrating to be offered <br />support that never materialized which leaves in a position where we have no <br />support for our answer to this question. <br />Thus, we had no way to gather that information. It is frustrating to be offered <br />support that never materialized which leaves in a position where we have no <br />information to give for this question. <br />Based on observations of previous art festival attendance, we anticipate at least <br />200 attendees <br />2500 character linit <br />Response 2.2: <br />23o a place fifty riles or rrore away fromtheir place of residence or business for the day or staying overnight; <br />Projection * <br />At least 350 people. <br />2500 character lint <br />Response 2.2: <br />Over the month of August 3,200 people visited Roslyn and looked at art in one or <br />Evidence* <br />more businesses. We arrived at that number by counting samples of people <br />stopping by the Roslyn Art Fest booth at the Roslyn Farmers Market on four <br />Sundays. We also conducted 100 intermittent interviews with adults who purchased <br />mugs or posters. Of those interviews 80 people had a primary residence over 50 <br />miles from Roslyn. We can thus estimate that 1,760 of the 2,200 visitors we <br />counted live over 50 miles away. <br />Another point of evidence is that in August, 85%of the Suncadia Lodge visitors <br />were from the west side, especially Seattle and Tacoma. Suncadia heavily markets <br />the Roslyn Art Fest by including Art Fest cards in visitors 'welcome' packages, <br />displaying the cards prominently on a rack in the lobby and including full-color, full <br />page copies f he poster in their June and July brochures which goes out to 18,000 <br />people. <br />During he 2016 Juried Show 60 pieces of art were on display for one month. The <br />show featured 30 artists, 14 of whom lived more than 50 miles away and who came <br />to Roslyn to deliver art, and pick it up. We had 85 people attend the Saturday <br />opening event and 40 of them came from over 50 miles away. <br />In 2017, we knowthat over 650 adults attended the Saturday night Street Dance. <br />From brief interviews we know that at least 30 of those people live over 50 miles <br />from Roslyn. <br />2500 character lint <br />Response 2.3: 3. or fromanother country or state outside of their place of residence or business. <br />Projection* about 727 <br />2500 character lint <br />