LT-2019-028-Kittitas Co. Search and Rescue

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Response 3 C: C What strategies will you use to assist in rrarketing all of Kittitas County as a tourist destination with your Measuring Results* event/project funding request? There are individual packets handed out to each attendee (swag bags) every year during conference registration, including handouts and information from upper and lower county tourism businesses, venues, establishments, and advertisements. This will continue to be utilized and we will add information about Kittitas County and ideas for things to do while here to the WA SARVAC registration website or include it as a downloadable form after registration. In 2018 we were able to publish a PSA regarding the event in the Daily Record during the event. 2500 character lirrit Application Questions: Part 3 41 Collaboration If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, or other events, how is this accomplished? Collaboration* This entire conference is designed as a collaborative effort between the volunteer organizations: Washington SARVAC, Kittitas County Search and Rescue, the government organizations WA State Department of Emergency Management, Kittitas County Sheriffs Office, Kittitas County Event Center, and Central Washington University. We also work with the Ellensburg Chamber of Commerce for handouts and tourism information and with local hotels and businesses to arrange pre -booked blocks of registrations and published fares and rates. 2500 character lirrit 51 Future Plans Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. Include any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost -recovery models. Future Plans* All funding for the conference is obtained from registration fees paid by the volunteer attendees out of pocket. If any additional costs are incurred, the fees will be increased to cover them. We believe that if we start this as a consistent and annual event in Ellensburg, we will be able to attract more local food and supply vendors to our vendor show area, and we could potentially offset some of the annual costs through fees charged for that space. 2500 character lirrit A Application Questions: Part 4 A 61 Additional Information Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your project and its benefit to tourism.