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APPUCATION QUESTIONS <br />Please answer each question completely,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 />•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 Café <br />•Gift shop full of fall décor 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 P a ge |10