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App licant Information Organization Name: KITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Organization Mailing & Physical Address: 609 N MAIN STREET ELLENSBURG 98926 Organization Contact Person and Title: AMY MCGUFFfN, CEO Organization/Contact Phone: 509.925.2002 Email: nMY(4K[' tiTASCpUNTYCHAMBER.COm Fax: n/a Preferred days and hours to call/contact: MONDAY — FRIDAY 8A -5P Organization Website: CENTRALWASI]INGTONCOLOR.COM Federal Tax ID Number: 91-0210430 UBI Number: 601133921 Organization is 1 1 Government Entity ❑ 501(c) 3 X 501(c) 6 ❑ Other Year's organization has been involved in tourism promotion in the Kittitas County: Intensively since 2000. Funding_ Request Detail 1. 2019 Kittitas County Lodging Tax Funding Request: up to $249,316.00 2. Identify the specific tourism audience/market located more than 50 iniles from the County that your organization will target with these funds: Being in Central Washington we have the ability to draw from at least an flour away in all directions: Wenatchee. Chelan. Okanogan, Os oos Canada Spokane, Coeur d'Alene Sandpoint, K.ello Pullman Lewiston Tri -Cities The Dalles Portland Tacoma Yeltn Lacey, Seattle Metro Bellevue Bellingham, Mt Vernon and Vancouver Canada. Our interest groups are outdoor recreation historic and educational festival and event s ecilic activities sports, Resort Get-a-wa s and 'ust simply weather related et -a -ways. 3. Describe in detail the tourism promotion activities that will be performed or provided with the funding request above, that specifically target the tourism audience/market listed in #2: In coni unction with county promotions we will promote great weather, activities such as hikin bikin fishing, hunting wildlife viewinp, scenic drives festivals events downtown destination Lboppin and other active activities that our area and our downtowns Drovide. We have found over the past year that simlly the lifestyle that the communities offers is a„draw to people who are Iooking to get away from their residences. This will help us with messaging directed at business patrons and leisure travelers. Even those that are Just passing on I-90, 4. List on the following page the proposed quantity of specific tourism promotional activities described in #3 above and the corresponding funding request for each activity.