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projected events to be halved,the horse park would break even by the third year;(5)no <br />negative community impacts were identified;(6)Recommendations were gathered as to <br />horse park design;(7)A combination of government,private,corporate,foundation,and <br />debt funding was recommended;(8)Annual expendituresand jobs were projected to be <br />$3,655,146 and 116 in the first year and $5,939,714 and 190 jobs in the fifth year;(9) <br />The study recommendedthat local communities begin planning efforts in order to <br />capitalizeon horse park benefits. <br />Three surveys were developed for the Lewis County analysis.The first was used to poll <br />a cross section of equestrian sports disciplines to determinethe number size and <br />potential mobility of their functions;59 equestrian groups were surveyed.The second <br />survey was used to poll individual membersof the groups as to travel and spending <br />plans.The goal of the third survey was to solicit specific opinions of existing facilities. <br />Of the three surveys 162 were returned from the initial 200 sent out. <br />Althoughthe study was methodologicallysound,significant demographic,climatological <br />and economic differences between Western and Eastern Washington required that <br />many elementsof the feasibility and impact segments of the study be redone for the <br />1998 feasibility study. <br />The 1998 Feasibility Study <br />For this study,representativesof thirteen public and private horse parks were queried <br />as to:background,facilities,events,marketing,funding,staffing,and community <br />involvement.In addition,information was solicited from several horse parks that were <br />under considerationat the time.Representativesof 59 equestrian groups were also <br />contacted to update the Lewis County marketing survey.Input was also solicited in <br />depth from the Langer Equestrian Group,an equestrian consulting firm from Los <br />Angeles. <br />15