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• Pamphlets, flyers, or other promotional materials for county venues (lodging, <br />restaurants, wineries/breweries, museums, shopping) will be prominently displayed at <br />the entrance/exit to the Market. <br />4. Does your organization have, or have you applied for, grant funding from other sources? If not, <br />why not? If yes, please list the available funding you have for the project, including any <br />volunteer and in-kind sources, and/or the sources and amounts for which you have applied. <br />Please note which funding sources are secured and in hand so a true matching fund <br />determination may be determined. What changes would occur if the project couldn't be <br />funded? <br />In addition to applying for the 2017 Lodging Tax Grant, Thorp Mill will also offer matching funds <br />in the form of volunteer labor and donations: <br />Matching Funds <br />Volunteer labor ($28.99 * 208 est. hours)' $6,029 <br />Expected donations: $1,600 <br />The Thorp Mill applies for grants each year and has an impressive track record for obtaining <br />resources that provide for necessary building repairs and maintenance. We have not yet secured <br />other grants for this project, but are applying for several grants in 2015/2016 that would fund <br />brick and mortar and capital projects, ultimately improving our tourism facility and moving the <br />Thorp Mill onto a more sustainable pathway: <br />2017 Grants {in process) <br />Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund $2,000 <br />Heritage Projects Capital Fund $50,000 <br />USDA Rural Community Facility Development Grant $50,000 <br />Legends Casino Charitable Fund $6,000 <br />Sustainability is the long-range goal for the Thorp Mill Antiques Market. If the Market does not <br />receive Lodging Tax funding in this critical third year, it would severely impact progress towards <br />this goal. Ultimately this would jeopardize the Mill's attempt to create a second sustainable <br />fundraising event (in addition to the annual auction) and would thus impact the Mill's ability to <br />achieve financial sustainability and independence in the next four years. Potentially this could be <br />harm the upkeep and maintenance of a precious historic resource and tourism site in Kittitas <br />County. If there were no Lodging Tax funding, it would severely limit promotion resulting in a <br />greatly -reduced ability to reach long-distance consumers. <br />5. If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, <br />or other events to cross -promote in an effort to encourage county -wide tourism, how is this <br />accomplished? <br />Thorp Mill continues to develop and maintain partnerships with a number of non-profit <br />organizations, privately owned companies, and public entities in Kittitas County to help <br />promote not just this event but to attract visitation and increase tourism throughout the county. <br />' https://www.independentsector.org/ <br />County -wide Lodging Tax Application Page 114 <br />