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Response 2.1*tsvtdence <br />Response 2.2..*ProJectron <br />-- We have a mailing list of over 1750 members, 36% (634) of which have <br />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 wtro 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 auay choose to stay <br />overnight; be it in local lodging establishments or with friends that live in the area. <br />- Based on knoun zip codes associated with our ticket sales, at least 53% or our <br />tickeis sold vlere to out of county residents.(See Efiibit 41) <br />- Of those wtro completed our survey at the festival: <br />- 57o/owere from people listed residences outside of our county <br />- 77o/o reporled staying at least one night <br />- 59% reported tr,rc or more nights (See E)fiibit A2) <br />- This year we ran ticket discount promotionals on social media. Out of county <br />residents accounted for 65% of these ticket sales. <br />Of those thai completed the Survey sent after the festival: <br />- 38% had Kiititas County 2p codes <br />- 62% of respondent's lp codes ra,ere from outside of Kittitas County <br />Of that number: <br />- 2%o stayed in an RV Park in Kittitas County <br />- 6% stayed 1 nights in paid accommodations <br />- 24% slayed 2 nights in paid accommodations <br />- 6% with friends or relatives in Kittitas County <br />- 62% didn't report <br />-- ln summary, our data strongly suggest that 55-60% of our atiendees live outside <br />Kittitas County <br />2500 character linit <br />2.To a gace fifty niles or nore away fromtheir $ace of residence or business fo the day or staying overnight; <br />- ln 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 rae <br />goi behind schedule for the festival that it ues too late to approach the lodging <br />establishments with a proposal. This year with the new board having another year <br />under our beli rrr,e hope to be more timely with our requests.lnitial contacis with <br />several lodging establishments shovw that this is viable approach. <br />- As rirlre did this year, ue Wll use our ner,wletter and social-media to promote the <br />discount packages to the festival. <br />2500 character linii