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•Pamphlets,flyers,or other promotional materials for county venues (lodging, <br />restaurants,wineries/breweries,museums,shopping)will be prominently displayed at <br />the entrance/exit to the Market. <br />4 Does your organization have,or have you applied for,grant funding from other sources?If not, <br />why not?If yes,please list the available funding you have for the project,including any <br />volunteer and in-kind sources,and/or the sources and amounts for which you have applied. <br />Please note which funding sources are secured and in hand so a true matching fund <br />determination may be determined.What changes would occur if the project couldn't be <br />funded? <br />In addition to applying for the 2017 Lodging Tax Grant,Thorp Mill will also offer matching funds <br />in the form of volunteer labor and donations: <br />Matching Funds <br />Volunteer labor ($28.99 *208 est.hours)$6,029 <br />Expected donations:$1,600 <br />The Thorp Mill applies for grants each year and has an impressive track record for obtaining <br />resources that provide for necessary building repairs and maintenance.We have not yet secured <br />other grants for this project,but are applying for several grants in 2015/2016 that would fund <br />brick and mortar and capital projects,ultimately improving our tourism facility and moving the <br />Thorp Mill onto a more sustainable pathway: <br />2017 Grants (in process) <br />Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund $2,000 <br />Heritage Projects Capital Fund $50,000 <br />USDA Rural Community Facility Development Grant $50,000 <br />Legends Casino Charitable Fund $6,000 <br />Sustainability is the long-rangegoal for the Thorp Mill Antiques Market.If the Market does not <br />receive Lodging Tax funding in this critical third year,it would severely impact progress towards <br />this goal.Ultimately this would jeopardize the Mill's attempt to create a second sustainable <br />fundraising event (in addition to the annual auction)and would thus impact the Mill's ability to <br />achievefinancial sustainability and independence in the next four years.Potentially this could be <br />harm the upkeep and maintenance of a precious historic resource and tourism site in Kittitas <br />County.If there were no Lodging Tax funding,it would severely limit promotion resulting in a <br />greatly-reduced ability to reach long-distanceconsumers. <br />5.If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations,groups, <br />or other events to cross-promote in an effort to encourage county-wide tourism,how is this <br />accomplished? <br />Thorp Mill continues to develop and maintain partnerships with a number of non-profit <br />organizations,privately owned companies,and public entities in Kittitas County to help <br />promote not just this event but to attract visitation and increase tourism throughout the county. <br />1 https://www.independentsector.org/ <br />County-wide Lodging Tax Application P a ge |14