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Collaboration* 51 Future Plans Thorp Mill continues to develop and maintain partnerships with a number of non- profit organizations, privately owned companies, and public entities in Kittitas County to help promote not just this event but to attract visitation and increase tourism throughout the county. • The Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce: Thorp Mill maintains membership in the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce and actively promotes visitation to other sites throughout the county through distribution of the Chamber's brochures and information. • The Cascade Association of Museums and History(CAMAH) : This association is a consortium of museums, historic sites, genealogical societies and libraries brought together to cross promote the historical resources of Kittitas County and increase the visibility of the partnering organizations both within and beyond the region. The Thorp Mill offers its visitors brochures of its partnering organizations of CAMAH. This allows visitors to learn about the variety of places to see and experience in the local area, extending their visit to the Kittitas Valley .. • Thorp School: The Thorp community school • Central Washington University: The partnership with CWU continues to bring student interns and volunteers from the Departments of History, Anthropology, Economics, Cultural and Environmental Resource Management, and Recreation and Tourism to Thorp Mill to learn all aspects of museum management and event planning. CWU also provides one full-time graduate student to assist in Thorp Mill management and administration. Additionally, CWU posts notices concerning this event and others at the Thorp Mill on campus, which has drawn people traveling to the CWU campus to visit the advertised events and the Thorp Mill Museum as well as raising awareness of the Kittitas Valley as a travel destination with many attractions to offer travelers. • Thorp Community Days Committee: Thorp Mill collaborates actively Thorp Community Days Committee to increase visitation to Thorp and raise the visibility of the local arts and businesses. • John Wayne Trail Riders: The JWTR regularly visit and support the Thorp Mill. In turn, the Thorp Mill provides special tours and programs, as well as a gathering site for special occasions. 2500 character lirrit Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining . Include any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost-recovery models. Future Plans* We have an annual budget, which for 25 years has sustained the organization and covered basic operations, staffing, and maintenance costs. Future funding will be acquired in a similar manner to now: through fundraising events, grants, memberships, and visitor donations. The money requested from this grant, however, will allow us to greatly expand our advertising and promotional budget, which will therefore assist in increasing the visitation to our historic site . We expect a growth in visitation to lead to elevated ticket sales at events, memberships, donations, and the sale of Thorp Mill merchandise. This increase in revenue will enable our organization to become progressively more sustainable . As noted in Table 1 under Question 1, the previous years in which we made a concerted effort to increase advertising (2010 -2013) experienced a progressive increase in visitors to the Thorp Mill site and events. 2500 character lirrit Application Questions : Part 4