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41 Collaboration <br />If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, or other <br />events, how is this accomplished? <br />Collaboration * The Ellensburg Film Festival has many partners that are integral to the success of <br />the Festival. In 2016, a new partnership with Central Washington University took <br />the Festival to a new venue, the McConnell Theatre complex We now have state - <br />of -the art equipment and a venue where we can have three screenings happening <br />within close proximity of one another. We use the McConnell theatre, which seats <br />750, the Tower Theater, which seats around 120 and, for 2017, will use a <br />screening space in Lind Hall, which seats around 100. We are continuing to offer a <br />free family friendly screening at the Ellensburg Public Library Hal Holmes Center on <br />Saturday afternoon. <br />Other partnerships include our business sponsors, Central's film department and <br />individuals who support specific films. During the past few months, we partnered <br />with Ellensburg Community Radio and the Clymer Museum to offer free films on <br />Friday nights as a way to maintain interest in films throughout the year. The Daily <br />Record is another strong partnership as they design our program and flyer. The <br />flyer is included in all newspapers during the week of the Festival. <br />2500 character limit <br />51 Future Plans <br />Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. Include any plans for ticket <br />sales, event sponsors, and other cost -recovery models. <br />Future Plans* Tickets sales, grants and small events throughout the year generate revenue for <br />EFF, along with Festival and film sponsors. The Festival is financially sound and <br />revenue generated over and above ticket sales, such as the lodging tax funds, we <br />to market to wider audiences with the goal of growing the Festival in terms of the <br />number of attendees, particularly people from outside of Kittitas County. <br />2500 character lirrit <br />Application Questions: Part 4 <br />,^ <br />61 Additional Information <br />Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your <br />project and its benefit to tourism. <br />Additional Information EFF is a volunteer -staffed organization, operating under the 501(c)3 status of the <br />Laughing Horse Arts Foundation. A volunteer Board of 10 people plan the Festival, <br />screen and select films and manage all other activities throughout the year. These <br />Board members call upon another 40+ volunteers who staff the Festival, working as <br />ushers or at the sales table throughout the weekend. Many of these volunteers <br />help promote the Festival to friends and others who live outside Kittitas County, <br />another way we attract out-of-towners to Ellensburg. <br />2500 character lirrit <br />Supporting Documents You xray upload any supporting docurrents such as graphs, images, diagrams, marketing rraterials, etc. <br />You are allowed to submit up to 3 single page (tJ3 Letter) documents in JPQ FDF or 11FFformat <br />71 Previous Lodging Tax Grant Information <br />