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2l Supporting Kittitas County as a tourism destination <br />1. Away from their place ol residence or business and staying overnight in paid accommodations; <br />2. To a place fifty miles or more a\r€y from their place of residence or business for the day or staying overnight; <br />3. or from anoiher country or staie outside of their place of residence or business. <br />You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections, <br />Response 2.1 *\A,hy wtuld tourisis lravel lo |<ttitas Oounty lo attend yoL$^evenuactivityiiacility? <br />We know that lndependence Day in Cle Elum is a popular raeekend for visitation, <br />vttth a 343% higher average accommodation daily rate. ($106.13 average <br />compared to $142.66 this r.treekend each year) Since we knowvisitors enjoy the <br />smalFtown feel of a 4th of July tucked away in the mountains, our goal is to <br />capitalize on this interest, 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 between Kittitas County <br />and it's travelers- welcoming visitors, friends, and family to experience it with us. <br />2500 character lirit <br />Response 2.2 *tbscribe lhe priol success of your e.ventlaciivitylfacility i,r attraction tourists. <br />This is the first annual event, so vrc do not have concrete quantitative data from <br />years past. Our projections are based on a similar event called "4th of July <br />lndependence Celebraiion", which is hosted by the Silver Valley ldaho Chamber of <br />Commerce, The popirlation in Silver Valley is about 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 interviewed this Chamber and anticipate at least the same turnout just for this <br />event, at leasl 1,000 attendees that will make the choice to visit because of this <br />event. Silver Valley reported that they usually have betr.r,reen 30%-50% from over <br />50 miles away depending on what day of the week the 4th lands on, so \ /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 />2500 characier limt <br />Application Questions: Parl 2 <br />3llmpact