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5. If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, <br />groups, or other events to cross -promote in an effort to encourage county -wide <br />tourism, how is this accomplished? <br />Yes, KEEN partners with several groups in Kittitas County and across the state to promote and <br />encourage tourism. In particular, we collaborate in the Yakima River Canyon Scenic Byway <br />partnership with the following groups: <br />a. Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce <br />b. Audubon Society Chapters from Kittitas and Yakima Counties <br />c. Kittitas County Field and Stream Club <br />d. Ellensburg Downtown Association <br />e. Mid -Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group <br />f. WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, WA <br />Department of Transportation, WA State Parks, WA Department of Ecology <br />g. Red's Fly Shop <br />h. Canyon River Ranch Lodge <br />Central Washington University — professors in the biology, geology and <br />environmental studies departments <br />j. American Rivers <br />k. Trout Unlimited <br />I. Yakima Greenway <br />m. Washington Trails Association <br />n. Sage Grouse Partnership <br />o. Kittitas County Conservation District <br />p. Cowiche Canyon Conservancy <br />q. Yakima River RV Park <br />r. Ellensburg Canyon Winery <br />s. Kittitas County Sheriff <br />t. And many others... <br />6. Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. Include <br />any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost -recovery models. <br />KEEN already has plans for sponsorship levels (see attached 'additional information), vendor's <br />fees, and some cost -covering fees for participation. As the event grows and becomes an annual <br />event, we believe that our sponsorship levels will increase and we will attract more vendors <br />over time. <br />7. Additional information: Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging <br />Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your project and its benefit to tourism. Please <br />limit any additional written information to one page and any other additional <br />attachments to 3 pages. Regardless of how much additional information is included, <br />only the first 3 pages will be provided to reviewers. <br />a. Sponsorship Packet — attached <br />b. Example of advertising costs from birding publications — attached <br />c. Temporary Campground map — Helen McCabe Park <br />County -wide Lodging Tax Application Page 116 <br />