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2l Supporting Kittitas County as a tourism destination <br />1. Auay from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in paid accommodations; <br />2. To a place fifty miles or more a\ ay fronr their place of residence or business for the day or staying overnight; <br />3. or fronr another couni.y or state outside of their place of residence or business. <br />You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections, <br />Response 2.1 *\Atry wruld tourisls travel to Kitirtas Cout-lty to attend your evenllactivity/facility? <br />We know that lndependence Day in Cle Elum is a popular ra,eekend for visitation <br />with a 34.4% higher average accommodation daily raie. ($106.13 average <br />compared to $142.66 this r,r,eekend each year) Since iae know visitors enjoy the <br />small-town feel of a 4th of July tucked away in the mountains, our goal is to <br />capitalize on this inlerest, developing an event that encourages visitors to stay <br />Saturday night and celebrate with the locals on Sunday. We see this as an <br />opportunity to punctuate the strong community connection betu,een Kittitas County <br />and it's travelers- welcoming visitors, friends, and family to experience it with us. <br />2500 character lirrit <br />Response 2.2 *Describe the prior success of your eventracttvrtyifaciltty ir'l atfaclion tourists. <br />This is the first annual event, so we do not have concrete quantitative daia from <br />years past. Our projections are based on a similar event called "4th of July <br />lndependence Celebration", which is hosted by the Silver Valley ldaho Chamber of <br />Commerce. The popr-rlation in Silver Valley is aboui 13,000 within 60 miles, but with <br />a location that is 30 minutes from Coeur D'Alene, t hour from Spokane, t hour <br />from St Regis Montana- they are a centralized tourist locatiorr similar to Cle Elum. <br />We intervieurcd this Chamber and anticipate at least the same turnout just for this <br />event, ai least 1,000 attendees that will make the choice to visit because of this <br />event. Silver Valley reported that they usually have betrlreen 30%-50% from over <br />50 miles ar,ray depending on wtrat day of the week the 4th lands on, so \n/e <br />conservatively project that 40% of attendees will stay in overnight paid <br />accommodations in Kittitas County. (400 divided by 2.5 average guests in each <br />room = 160 nights booked) <br />250C character lirit <br />Application Questions: Parl 2 <br />3llmpact