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APPLICATION QUESTIONS <br />Please answer each question completer, in the order listed, on a separate sheet attached to <br />this application. Please include any supporting data within the response narrative. <br />1. Please provide a description of your project/event and identify the specific tourism <br />audience/market that your organization will target with these funds. You must include <br />an itemized list of exactly how any grant funds awarded will be utilized. <br />Huffman Farms is a first generation, family owned u -pick pumpkin patch, open every Saturday and <br />Sunday in October. We focus on giving our guests something to experience, something to eat and <br />something to buy. We do this by offering the following, in a genuine farm setting: <br />Pumpkins straight off the vine <br />m Gourdy's Corn Maze <br />Hayrides <br />Petting zoo <br />• Pony hop races <br />• Jack's Kid Zone <br />• Pumpkin chucking <br />• Duck races <br />• Farm fresh food from the Silo Cafe <br />C Gift shop full of fall decor and seasonal items <br />We also offer a Haunted Forest and Corn Maze, every Friday and Saturday night in October, beginning <br />the second weekend. We see this as an ancillary activity to the pumpkin patch. It allows us to attract an <br />entirely different demographic and gives guests one more reason to stay the night when visiting. <br />Our pumpkin patch attracts families, grandparents, couples and college students looking for a slice of <br />home. It also attracts the die-hard pumpkin patch fans, #ILOVEFALL folks and those who think you can't <br />get enough pumpkin pie spice lattes <br />Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday, behind Christmas. Picking pumpkins, taking a <br />hayride, getting lost in a corn maze and all the other great pumpkin patch adventures are simply part of <br />a long standing tradition for many families. This is evident in the number of guests we've spoken with <br />who've said they've been every year. We also several families who use us as their "central" meeting <br />place for family reunions. One such family had members visiting from as far east as Spokane and as far <br />West as Oak Harbor. <br />Grant funds will be applied to any and all marketing efforts that extend 50 -miles beyond Ellensburg, as <br />well as any local efforts that allow for an allocated reimbursement amount. Our marketing plan, in <br />general, includes, but may not be limited to: <br />County -wide Lodging Tax Application <br />