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from at least SO miles away? <br />lll.What strategies will you useto assist in marketing all of Kittitas <br />County as a tourist destination with your event/project funding <br />request? <br />The Kittitas County Historical Museum's project is year-round.The advertising project will <br />draw individuals in from throughout western Washington,with the targeted demographics of <br />more than 50 miles.Our project targets those in the Seattle-Tacoma area and the Portland, <br />Oregon area. <br />We currently keep a daily count of visitors,and we compare the visitor count each year to <br />previous years to help give us an understanding of the success of our campaigns and areas in <br />need of improvement.The museum has a register book that shows the extent of our geographical <br />draw which is an area we plan on expanding.We are in the process of revising the register book <br />to make it more effective in capturing information,such as whether they stayed overnight.While <br />we give our front desk volunteers visitor-service training,we will provide additional training in <br />ways to obtain more information from visitors. <br />Through the website portal to register for the walking tours,we will attempt to capture as much <br />information from the guests.After the walking tour,we will send a questionnaire via email to <br />guests,which will contain questions about their visit such as where they are from and if they <br />stayed overnight in Kittitas County and where.The questionnaire will help calculate the <br />effectiveness of advertising in and around our targeted demographic.The questionnaire will also <br />be available onsite for our regular visitors.In the past,the use of this funding has consistently <br />resulted in an influx of visitors to Kittitas County. <br />The advertising links our projects to on-going projects and events in the county in order to <br />provide a wider audience.For example,we have partnered with the Roslyn Museum to do a <br />display on the Bear Bicycle,which is currently on loan to a bicycle store in Roslyn.We <br />anticipate similar collaboration on other exhibits,including one possibly with the Wanapum <br />Heritage Center in Mattawa,the Washington State Ski and Snowboard Museum in Snoqualmie <br />Pass,among others.With our downtown tours,we will make every attempt to correlate the <br />information to that of neighboring communities,such as identifying history of the Brick Tavern, <br />cemeteries,and more.We will host information on our website about what else to see in Kittitas <br />County,along with providing brochures and information on other things to do and see in the <br />County. <br />We also improved our our visitor lobby in 2015,which provides more information on Kittitas <br />County business,historic sites and museums,and recreational opportunities.We are also in the <br />process of including links to niany county-wide websites on the museum's website,which will <br />then further interest in and around Kittitas County. <br />4.Does your organization have,or have you applied for,grant funding from other <br />sources?If not,why not?If yes,please list the available funding you have for the <br />project,including any volunteer and in-kind sources,and/or the sources and <br />amounts for which you have applied.Please note which funding sources are secured <br />and in hand so a true matching fund determination may be determined.What <br />changes would occur if the project couldn't be funded? <br />Page |13