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List of lntended Use of Funds* Equipment rentals Talent fees hire transport for new parking area Music / DJ Marketing radio advertising Neianpa per advertisi n g 2l Supporting Kittitas County as a tourism destination 1. Auay from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in paid accommodations; 2. To a place fifty miles or more away from their place of residence or business for the day or staying overnight; 3. or front another country or siate outside of their place of residence or business. You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections. Response 2.1 *Wly would tourisis travello l{ttitas (bLlnty to attend your eyentactivilyifacilily? Easton Memorial Day Celebratton is not one to be missed! Easton has 500+ lodging tax classified, campground, RV and lodging spots within one mile of our event. Memorial Day ra,eekend is statistically the highest traffic volume of the year with 186,000 cars crossing Snoqualnrie Pass on that weekend alone. Kittitas County is the first county they will enter and Easton is the first torrrn in eastern Washington that they will come to. Easton Memorial Day Celebration focuses its event on honoring and remembering service men and vr,rcmen that gave all. We celebrate families by a full day of fun and relaxation by keeping the kids busy in the Kid Zone, shopping at the street fair, checking out the hot rods at the car show eating lots of good food, listenirrg to music, grabbing a cold beer at the beer garden and lols more. Word of mouth gets families together in one place. 2500 character linit Response 2.2 *Dascribe the prior success ol your evenyactivitylfacility in attraclion toilrists. For years this event was really only local people having fun. The funds at the tinre were from town people. A few years ago new volunteers came in to town and took interest in doing something in the community rn/rich then started the ball rolling touards ulrat Memorial Day aclually is all about. After making improvements to attract more tourists with the help of the Kittitas CLTAC grant, \,e saw an increase in vtsitors from all over the state and neighboring states to partake in the festivities. This just spurred us on. We identified marketing options to advertise to those areas and more, spreading trvrrrd of our event. Sonreone told us about the lodging tax grant, so we applied. The difference u,as phenomenal! We had 4000+ pa{icipanis We do take a lot of pride in our little event ihai is NOT so little anymore. 2500 character linil Application Questions: Parl 2 3llmpact