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Date -specific IL What strategies will you employ to assure you are attracting tourists from at least 50 miles away? We will focus the majority of our advertising in the Puget Sound Area, which is roughly 80 miles away. Additionally, we will launch an email, Facebook, and website campaign to attract registrants from as far away as Arizona, Alaska, and Montana. /it. What strategies will you use to assist in marketing all of Kittitas County as a tourist destination with your event/project funding request? We will place the logo of both the City of Roslyn and the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce on all advertising materials including a link on our website. Additionally, we will offer free banner space and sound bites at our event for all other Kittitas County Events for free. Also, we plan on coordinating with the High County Log Show to possibly showcase a log show exhibition during the time between competitions and are open to the idea of expanding these showcases to other events if possible. Last, we will hand out competitor bags to all event registrants and would welcome any samples or print material provided by other Kittitas County Events, attractions, and businesses to be added to the bags. 4. Does your organization have, or have you applied for, grant funding from other sources? If not, why not? If yes, please list the available funding you have for a project, including any volunteer and in-kind sources and/or the sources and amounts for which you have applied. Please note which funding sources are secured and in hand so a true matching fund determination can be determined. What changes would occur if the project couldn't be funded? We have not applied for any other grants for this event. We have a minimum of 8 volunteers to work the event in 10 hour day shifts for 3 days. This equates to a minimum of $7,000.00 in volunteer labor. We will look to the local business community for possible event sponsorship, utilizing supplies on loan from the High Country Log Show, which could be used to start a fund to continue this event in future years. If we do not receive this grant, we will not be able to hold this event. 5. If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, or other events to cross -promote in an effort to encourage county -wide tourism, how is this accomplished? We have established a relationship with the High Country Log Show, Paws on Parade, ARRF Olympics, Farmer's Market, Art Show and a possible new 4th of July Concert Event. We hope to capitalize on these relationships to encourage travel to their events and well as to advertise for ours. We look forward to building more relationships with other Kittitas County events as we progress into 2017, and towards these upcoming events. We will offer free banner space and sound bites at our event for all other Kittitas County Events for free. Also, we plan on coordinating with the High County Log Show to possibly showcase a log show exhibition during the time between competitions and are open to the idea of expanding these showcases to other events if possible. Last, we will hand out competitor bags to all event registrants and would welcome any samples or print material provided by other Kittitas County Events, attractions, and businesses to be added to the bags. 6. Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. Include any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost -recovery models. We plan to solicit sponsorships from Kittitas County businesses to begin building a fund for future years. We will partner with the High Country Log Show to build banner hanging structures, and obtain signage for sponsor businesses. Furthermore, we will make it possible for businesses to sponsor at different levels, including but not limited to wave, program, award, and event sponsors.