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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) Recommendafions were gathered as to <br />horse park design; (7) A combination of government, private, corporate, foundation, and <br />debt funding was recommended; (8) Annual expenditures and jobs were projected to be <br />$3,655,146 and 116 In the first year and $5,939,714 and 990 jobs in the fifth year; (9) <br />The study recommended that focal communities begiri planning efforts in order to <br />capitalize on 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 determine the number size and <br />potential mobility of their functions; 59 equestrian groups were surveyed. The second <br />survey was used to poll individual members of 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 />Although the study was methodologlos0y sound, significant demographic, climatological <br />and economic differences between Western and Eastem Washington required that <br />many elements of the feasibility and impact segments of the study be redone for the <br />1998 feasibility study. <br />The 1998 Fegsibilily Stud <br />For this study, representatives of thirteen public and private horse paries were queried <br />as to: background, facilities, events, marketing, funding, staling, and community <br />involvement. in addition, Information was solicited from several horse paries that were <br />under consideration at the time. Representatives of 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 consultlnl firm from Los <br />Angeles. <br />15 <br />