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Response 1: <br />ProjecVEvent*uescnptron <br />List of lntended Use of Funds* <br />Employee travel & training <br />Print marketing <br />Digital marketing <br />Stage rental <br />Entertainment <br />Equipment hire <br />Volunteer/ staff training <br />Talent fees <br />Porta-Pofties and soap stations <br />PPE <br />Tokens <br />Applications/ permits <br />Garbage <br />Fencing rental <br />Seating rental <br />ln Cle Elum, the power of community is in the people. Tourists travel to Cle Elum to <br />eperience the pou€r of a small, tight knit community that is rarely experienced in <br />urban areas. The excitment that an lndependence Day Celebration can bring to <br />this already nosolgioc holiday weekend not only provides a festive environrent to <br />celebrate our nation's independence, but also will help leverage our surrounding <br />businesses and generate heads in beds. <br />The lndependence Day Celebration will be a free and open event from noon to 10 <br />pm serving as a "hr,rb" of happenings on lndependence Day, providing live <br />entenainment before the firera,orks show that will draw padestrians and travelers <br />driving by dolurtou,n, arrd keep them there. We plalr to use Wye Park on 1st street <br />to host a family-friendly event with something for everyone during the entire day. <br />Activities will feature a beer garden. a raffle, and a kids zone- which will be a unique <br />and family-friendly draw inlo the park. <br />Food trucks that will help take the heavy load of visitors off local establishments. <br />and a beer garden featuring local brer,r,eries in partnership with Sandona Beverage <br />will drawvtsitors to stay in the area for the full day. We plan to utilize the stage with <br />6 different local entertainers throughout the day (4S-minute sets with 1S-minute <br />breaks). Each entertainer will attract audiences of diverse interests, and a kids' <br />area with a bounce house and interactive games will serve as a playful element to <br />the event, setting the tone as kid-friendly. The celebration will be a "buffei' of <br />something to do bet\/een activities dorrvntor,un for those poppino in and out of local <br />businesses and various M/ays to celebrate. <br />For every hour of travel, a tourist needs at least 4 hours of activity, and r,rc are <br />helping bridge the gap between activities and dining to encourage staying in local <br />accomnrodations. We know that by including this celebration in one of the hottest <br />ti'reekends in Upper County, r,le are opening the door for fanrilies that vrould not <br />have stayed multiple nights and giving them a reason to stay in Cle Elum on <br />Saturday night after the parade and before the fireurrrrks show on Sunday. <br />2500 d)aracter lirit