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Application Questions <br />1.Please provide a description of your project/event and identify the specific tourism <br />audience/market that your organization wi/I target with these funds.You must include an <br />itemized list of exactly how any grant funds awarded wi/I be utilized. <br />We are proposing a Canine Festival to be held in Roslyn's Runje Field.The first year,we hope to bring <br />in a DockDogs competition,and a vendor fair.Spectator admission will be free and open to the public. <br />Entertainment will be lively and family friendly,including music,announcing,and possibly a Log Show <br />Exhibition.In future years,we would like to expand this event to include other canine athletic events. <br />The funds requested in this grant will pay for the cost of bringing in Puget Sound DockDogs to run a <br />competitive dock diving event with 4 disciplines including distance,height and speed.These funds will <br />also pay for the advertising necessary to draw competitors from outside Kittitas County.Please see the <br />proposed itemized budget below. <br />Roslyn Event Application Fee $250.00 <br />Event Insurance $500.00 <br />Puget Sound DockDog Fees $6,800.00 <br />Advertising $1,000.00 <br />Porta-Potties $400.00 <br />Total Amount Requested $9,000.00 <br />2.Please provide the following estimates of how any money received will result in increases in the <br />number of people traveling for business or pleasure on a trip: <br />I.Away from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in paid <br />accommodations; <br />II.To a place fifty miles or more away from their place of residence or business for the day <br />or staying overnight;or <br />III.From another county or state outside of their place of residence or business. <br />You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections. <br />We have used the Puget Sound DockDogs'membership list to create the following expectations for <br />attendance.Puget Sound DockDogs includes members from Alaska,Canada,Arizona,Oregon,Montana, <br />and Washington.Of the 124 of teams,2 of them are located in Kittitas County,making up 1.6%of <br />proposed attendees.At Issaquah Salmon Days each year,this organization fills their event with roughly <br />400 registrations,and 100 teams.According to these calculations,that will bring roughly 98 people plus <br />friends and family from outside Kittitas County to Roslyn for three nights,including gas,meals,supplies, <br />and lodging.Additionally,we anticipate vendors and volunteers will also come from outside of Kittitas <br />County as well.We are therefore conservatively estimating 120 people at $86 per day for a total of <br />$10,320 brought into Kittitas County this year. <br />3.What tools will you use to measure your event's impact on tourism?Please be specific and <br />provide examples.Include the following information: <br />All teams and vendors will be required to register for the event either on-site or ahead of time.The <br />zip codes from these registrations will be compiled to measure the number of out-of-area registrants.We <br />will also conduct a visual survey of the competitor's area to establish an average number of visitors per <br />registrant as many people bring their family and friends with them. <br />I.Is you project/event year-round or is it seasonal or date-specißc?