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You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections. <br />Response 2 .1: <br />Projection* <br />Response 2.1 : <br />Evidence* <br />Response 2 .2 : <br />Projection* <br />Response 2.2 : <br />Evidence* <br />1, Aw ay from their place of residen ce or bus iness and staying overnight in paid accommdations; <br />Ticket sales to out of area visitors (50 miles or more) as of 9/25/18 for the 2018 <br />event are at one third of the total. We have visitors registered from Portland, <br />Missoula , South Dakota, Seattle , Tri-cit ies , Wenatchee, Coeur D'Alene, Spokane, <br />Renton, Bonney Lake, Kirkland, Issaquah. About 20% are from outside Ellensburg <br />but still within the 50 mile radius. Roughly 45% are local Ellensburg residents. <br />We expect that percentage of travellers to hold steady for 2019, or maybe <br />increase. Th is is our first "Big" Ciderfest and projections are difficult without history. <br />As an aside , craft beverage events and tourism is a young and growing industry. <br />You may wan t to check out these links below, or just do a simple google search for <br />"hard cider events", and find a wealth of information. <br />Marketing craft beverage tourism : <br />http://wineandcraftbeveragenews.com/craft-beverage-tourism-straight-up-or-with-a- <br />twist/ <br />Marketing craft beer and cider tours : <br />https ://www.watkinsglenchamber .com/craft-beer-hard-c ider-O <br />2500 character lirrit <br />Using Cogn ito Forms for on-line ticketing , we are collecting all emails and mailing <br />addresses of all tickets sold on line , and all sales of tickets , gift cert ificates and <br />promotional give-aways are also added to that database. <br />In addition, five of the twelve cider houses have requested hotel information, <br />adding ten rooms for the weekend. The bands have reserved three rooms (six <br />people) of which we are directly aware . Camping on site at the KVEC has been <br />purchased by festival attendees. <br />W ith a successful 2018 event, we will have return ing attendees and increased new <br />attendees . <br />2500 character lirrit <br />2. To a pl ace f ifty rril es or rmre aw ay from their place of res id ence or busi nes s for the day or stayi ng ove rn ight ; <br />We expect our attendance to grow in numbers , and people to stay longer. <br />Adding the special Cidermaker Dinner will raise the potential overnighters for <br />Friday night by 17. (34% of capacity) <br />Ciderfest and Bluegrass is anticipating a higher attendance. We anticipate 700 <br />tickets, 34 % of which will be coming from 50+ miles away. <br />And by adding a Cidermaker Brunch on Sunday , that will also potentially increase <br />overnights by another 10. (34 % of capacity) <br />Sticking with 34% travelers (some overnighters, some overnighters in paid <br />accommodations) that could be as many as 238 travelers from 50+ miles away, for <br />the tasting and music portion of the 700 who buy Fest passes. <br />The "added experience" tickets (Ciderrnaker's Dinner, Cider School, and <br />Cidermaker Brunch) total capacity is 135. If 34% of those guests travel 50 miles or <br />more, that v,ould be 45 people who will be spending one or tv,o nights . <br />Collectively , we are projecting about 850 to 900 tickets . (Dinner , School , Fest , <br />Brunch, and Weekend packages). <br />2500 character lirrit <br />Ticket sale report from Congnito at the time of grant due date, indicate roughly 34 <br />% of ticket buyers are from 50+ miles away . <br />2500 character lirrit