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APPLICATION QUESTIONS <br />High County Log Show is requesting $6,500 from the 2017 Lodging Tax Fund. <br />1) The family friendly High Country Log Show (HCLS) was founded in 2011 as a tribute to the <br />heritage of the logging industry in Kittitas County. Our mission is to preserve the history of <br />logging in Kittitas County. The annual event is held at Runje Field, Roslyn on Saturday and <br />Sunday of Labor Day Weekend. The HCLS has 26 entertaining events that showcase the <br />skillset required by loggers past and present. The 2016 HCLS had 45 competitors from <br />throughout the Northwest (Washington, Oregon and Idaho). Each year our attendance has <br />grown and we estimate 3000 + spectators from throughout the Northwest over the 2 day event <br />for 2017. It has become one of the premier log shows in Washington. <br />Since 2015 we have awarded a scholarship to a local high school student in honor of the <br />logging history of Kittitas County. <br />We are requesting $6,500.00 from the 2017 Lodging Tax. We will use $4,500 in our marketing <br />and advertising campaign in both Western and Eastern Washington to bring additional <br />competitors and spectators to Kittitas County. We have partnered with the Kittitas County <br />Chamber/Genesis Marketing for our advertising campaign through social media, radio & <br />television, and print media. We will use $2,000.00 towards our operating budget for rental of <br />additional bleachers and Sani-cans for our spectators. <br />2) Competitors and spectators of the HCLS stay overnight in lodging, purchase meals, gas and <br />visit retail stores in both Upper and Lower Kittitas County during Labor Day Weekend, which <br />is a high tourist/travel weekend. Many of our spectators also visit the Roslyn Farmer's Market, <br />the Coal Miner's Festival, the Heritage Festival and Kittitas County Fair and Rodeo. Receipt <br />of Lodging Tax Funding will allow us to increase our marketing and advertising campaign in <br />both Western and Eastern Washington reaching additional tourists. With additional spectators <br />additional funding will also allow an increase in our operating budget for rental of additional <br />bleacher seating. <br />Eighty percent of our competitors and sixty-five percent of our spectators travel from outside of <br />Kittitas County. Deanrunyan.com shows that in an event, 30% of the tourists stay overnight <br />(spending $214.00 daily), 35% of the tourists stay one day (spending $86.00 daily) and 35% of <br />the spectators are local people (spending $45 daily). <br />Estimates for 2017 Show <br />I Staying overnight in paid Competitors: 30 <br />accommodations including Spectators: 400 <br />camping and hotels <br />2017 Lodging Tax Fund Application Page 1 of 3 <br />