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Applicant Information <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/ContactPhone:509.925.2002 Email:ARKITUTASCOUNTYCHAMBERCOM Fax:n/a <br />Preferred days and hours to call/contact:MONDAY -FRIDAY 8A-5P <br />Organization Website:CENTRALWASIIINGTONCOLOR.COM <br />Federal Tax ID Number:91-0210430 UBI Number:601133921 <br />Organization is GovernmentEntity O 501(c)3 X 501(c)6 O Other <br />Year's organization has been involved in tourism promotion in the Kittitas County:Intensively since <br />2000. <br />Funding Request Detail <br />1.2019 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 />the ability to draw from at least an hour away in all directions:Wenatchee,Chelan, <br />Okanogan,Osyoos Canada,Spokane,Coeur d'Alene,.Sandpoint,Kellogg,Pullman, <br />Lewiston,Tri-Cities,The Dalles,Portland,Tacoma.Yelm.Lacey,Seattle Metro,Bellevue, <br />Bellingham,Mt Vernon,and Vancouver Canada.Our interest aroups are outdoor recreation, <br />historic and educational,l'estival and event specific,activities,sports,Resort Get-a-waysand <br />ust simply weather related get-a-ways. <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 promotions we will promote great weather,activities such as hiking, <br />bikina,ftshing.hunting,wildlife viewing,scenic drives,festivals.events,downtown destination <br />shopping,and other active activities that our area and our downtowns provide.We have found over <br />the past year that simply the lifestvle that the communities offers is adraw to people who are lookinn <br />to e,et away from their residences.This will help us with messaulng directed at business patrons and <br />leisure travelers.Even those that are just passing 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 correspondingfunding request for each activity.