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Applicant lnformation <br />Organization Name: KITTITAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE <br />Organization Mailing & Physical Address: 609 N MAIN STREET ELLENSBURG 98926 <br />Organization Contact Person and Title: AMY MCGUFFIN, CEO <br />Organization/Contact Phone: 509.925.2002 Email: AMY@KUICTASCQUNT'lCLIAMBER,.COM Fax: n/a <br />Preferred days and hours to call/contact: MONDAY -FRIDAY 8A-5P <br />Organization Website: ENTR.ALWA I-IINGTONCOLOR.COM <br />Federal Tax ID Number: 91-0210430 UBI Number: 601133921 <br />Organization is Government Entity • 501(c) 3 X 501(c) 6 • Other <br />Year's organization has been involved in tourism promotion in the Kittitas County: Intensively since <br />2000. <br />Funding Request Detail <br />I. 2019 Kittitas County Lodging Tax Funding Request: up to $249,316.00 <br />2. Identify the specific tourism audience/market located more than 50 miles from the County <br />that your organization will target with these funds: Being in Central Washington we have <br />th e ability to draw from at least an hour away in all directions: Wenatchee, helan, <br />Okanogan, Osyoo anada. pokanc. Coeur d. Alene, andpoint, Kellogg. Pullman, <br />Lewiston, Tri-Cit ies, T he Dalles. Portland, 'Tacoma, Yelm, Lacey, Seattle Metro. Bellevue, <br />Bemngham. Mt Vermon1 and Vancouver Canada. Our interesL groups aJ'e outdoor recreation. <br />·historic and educational. festival and e ent specific. activities. sport , Resort Gel-a-ways and <br />just simply weather related get-a-way ~ <br />3. Describe in detail the tourism promotion activities that will be performed or provided with <br />the funding request above, that specifically target the tourism audience/market listed in #2: <br />In conjunction with county promoti ns we will, promote great weather. activi ti es such as hiking, <br />biking, fishing, hunting. wildlife viewing. scenic drives, festi .val • event s, downLown .destination <br />shopping,.and .other active· activiti . that our area and our downtowns provide. We have found over <br />tbe past year that s imply the li festyle that the communities offers is a draw to people who are looking <br />to gel away from their residences._ hi will help us with messaging directed at business patrons and <br />lei ure travelers. Even tho e that are just passiM, on 1-90. <br />4. List on the following page the proposed quantity of specific tourism promotional activities <br />described in #3 above and the corresponding funding request for each activity.