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from at least SO miles away? <br />III. What strategies will you use to assist in marketing all of Kittitas <br />County as a tourist destination with your event/project funding <br />request? <br />The Kittitas County Historical Museum's project is year-round. The advertising project will <br />draw individuals in from throughout western Washington, with the targeted demographics of <br />more than 50 miles. Our project targets those in the Seattle -Tacoma area and the Portland, <br />Oregon area. <br />We currently keep a daily count of visitors, and we compare the visitor count each year to <br />previous years to help give us an understanding of the success of our campaigns and areas in <br />need of improvement. The museum has a register book that shows the extent of our geographical <br />draw which is an area we plan on expanding. We are in the process of revising the register book <br />to make it more effective in capturing information, such as whether they stayed overnight. While <br />we give our front desk volunteers visitor -service training, we will provide additional training in <br />ways to obtain more information from visitors. <br />Through the website portal to register for the walking tours, we will attempt to capture as much <br />information from the guests. After the walking tour, we will send a questionnaire via email to <br />guests, which will contain questions about their visit such as where they are from and if they <br />stayed overnight in Kittitas County and where. The questionnaire will help calculate the <br />effectiveness of advertising in and around our targeted demographic. The questionnaire will also <br />be available onsite for our regular visitors. In the past, the use of this funding has consistently <br />resulted in an influx of visitors to Kittitas County. <br />The advertising links our projects to on-going projects and events in the county in order to <br />provide a wider audience. For example, we have partnered with the Roslyn Muselun to do a <br />display on the Bear Bicycle, which is currently on loan to a bicycle store in Roslyn. We <br />anticipate similar collaboration on other exhibits, including one possibly with the Wanapum <br />Heritage Center in Mattawa, the Washington State Ski and Snowboard Museum in Snoqualmie <br />Pass, among others. With our downtown tours, we will make every attempt to correlate the <br />information to that of neighboring communities, such as identifying history of the Brick Tavern, <br />cemeteries, and more. We will host information on our website about what else to see in Kittitas <br />County, along with providing brochures and information on other things to do and see in the <br />County. <br />We also improved our our visitor lobby in 2015, which provides more information on Kittitas <br />County business, historic sites and museums, and recreational opportunities. We are also in the <br />process of including links to many county -wide websites on the museum's website, which will <br />then further interest in and around Kittitas County. <br />4. Does your organization have, or have you applied for, grant funding from other <br />sources? If not, why not? If yes, please list the available funding you have for the <br />project, including any volunteer and in-kind sources, and/or the sources and <br />amounts for which you have applied. Please note which funding sources are secured <br />and in hand so a true matching fund determination may be determined. What <br />changes would occur if the project couldn't be funded? <br />Page 1 13 <br />