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Response 2.1: -- We have a mailing list of over 1750 members, 36% (634) of which have <br />Evidence * addresses outside of our county and which span across the United states and <br />British Columbia. The out of county addresses are all from past attendees of the <br />Festival who requested to be on the list. <br />-- We are a three-day festival with Friday and Saturday nights events going until <br />midnight. Most attendees from more than 50 miles away choose to stay <br />overnight; be it in local lodging establishments or with friends that live in the area. <br />-- Based on known zip codes associated with our ticket sales, at least 53% or our <br />tickets sold were to out of county residents.(See Exhibit Al) <br />-- Of those who completed our survey at the festival: <br />- 57% were from people listed residences outside of our county. <br />77% reported staying at least one night <br />- 59% reported two or more nights (See Exhibit A2) <br />-- This year we ran ticket discount promotlonals or,, social media. Out of comity <br />residents accounted for 65% of these ticket sales. <br />Of those that completed the Survey sent after the festival: <br />-38% had Kittitas County Zip codes <br />- 62% of respondent's ap codes were from outside of Kittitas County <br />Of that number: <br />- 2% stayed in an RV Park in Kittitas County <br />- 6% stayed 1 nights in paid accommodations <br />- 24% stayed 2 nights in paid accommodations <br />- 6% with friends or relatives in Kittitas County <br />- 62% didn't report <br />-- In summary, our data strongly suggest that 55-60% of our attendees live outside <br />Kittitas County <br />2500 character lint <br />Response 2.2: 2.To a place fifty roles or rrore away from their place of residence or business far the day or staying overnight; <br />Projection* -- In the past fewyears, our operating margin has been thin enough that partnering <br />with the Lodging establishments for a packaged event wasn't feasible.We had <br />hoped to revisit the idea of offering lodging packages in 2019. Unfortunately we <br />got behind schedule for the festival that it was too late to approach the lodging <br />establishments with a proposal. This year with the new board having another year <br />under our belt we hope to be more timely with our requests. Initial contacts with <br />several lodging establishments shows that this is viable approach. <br />-- As we did this year, we will use our newsletter and social -media to promote the <br />discount packages to the festival. <br />2500 character limit <br />