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Future Plans* The Film Festival has consistent tickets sales, grants and a few small events <br />throughout the year that generate revenue for EFF. We also have Festival and film <br />sponsors, and a few generous donors . The Festival is financially sound and <br />revenue generated over and above ticket sales, such as the lodging tax funds we <br />are requested, is used to market to 1Mde audiences 1Mth the goal of gro1Mng the <br />Festival in terms of the number of attendees. <br />2500 character lirril <br />Application Questions: Part 4 <br />61 Additional Information <br />Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your <br />project and its benefit to tourism. <br />Additional Information EFF is a volunteer-staffed organization, operating under the 501 (c)3 status of the <br />Laughing Horse Arts Foundation. A volunteer Board of eight people plan the <br />Festival, screen and select films and manage all other activities throughout the <br />year. These Board members call upon another 30+ volunteers who staff the <br />Festival, working as ushers or at the sales table throughout the Festival. Many of <br />the volunteers help promote the Festival to friends and others who live outside <br />Kittitas County, another way we attract out-of-t0Vv11ers to Ellensburg. <br />2500 character linit <br />Supporting Documents You n-e1y upload any suprxirtng docu1rents such as graphs, irrages, diagram,, n-arketing rraterials, etc. <br />You are allowed to subrrit up to 3 single page (US Letter) docurrents in JFG, RF or TIFFforrrat <br />71 Previous Lodging Tax Grant Information <br />Previous Years f-'as your event received Lodging Tax funds in previous years? <br />Awarded Lodging Tax r No, this evenUproject has not previously received Lodging Tax Funding. <br />Grants* r Yes, 1 year previous <br />r Yes, 2 years previous <br />r-Yes , 3 or more years previo us <br />How many participants and spectators attended last year's activity and/or will attend <br />this year? <br />Prior Year* <br />150 <br />Projected* <br />200 <br />How many days did/will your event occur? <br />Prior Year* <br />3 <br />Projected* <br />3 <br />How many paid overnight stays were and/or will be booked as a result of your <br />project/ event? <br />Prior Year* <br />26 <br />Paid Overnights' Data Support <br />Projected* <br />50 <br />Explain how the room nights data above from the prior year was collected and how the projection for the next year is