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Application Questions. ParL 4 6l Additional lnformation Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your project and its benefit to tourism. COVID-19 lnformation if you had e pla[r]erl evtBl ir 2020 or 20:1. wheiher they vrers able to lake place or nol, please describe a[y successes and challenges yoiJ --xpefieIr]ed. The ongoing challenges of COVID 19 have continued to impact our events and activities. However, our Board of Directors and committee members have been creative in addressing these impacts. We have implemented a planning format that allows for activ'ties and events to flow through town. By moving front businesses to businesses, pocket park to pocket park. this allowed us to safely offer activities. Our activities this past year were held, but in many cases n-rodified to meet safety requirements for COVID. For Pioneer Days 2021 . due to crowd concerns. we did not offer a full menu of activities in downtown Cle Elum. Our vendor market and Kid Zone were not offered, and the 3 on 3 basketball tournament was canceled. However, our association continued to bring Pioneer Days partners together to ideniify activities that were going to be held and to encourage a "flow" of activities throughout Cle Elum, Roslyn, Ronald, and Suncadia Resort. We also worked with businesses like Dru Bru to develop outdoor games for families. As a result, we were able to identify a full menu of offerings that were ihen advertised locally, online. and through the efforts of all parlners. We had a very successful, safe. and fun Pioneer Days weekend. We successfully introduced a Mother's Day Market with pop-ups in retail, food, and beverage locations. Vendors were placed on the sidewalk and people were encouraged to shop and explore downtown during that weekend. Another successful venture that we were able to safely hold was the new Cle Elum Public Market downtown. Working with the Kittitas County Health Department we were able to develop a safe layout to space vendors and a safe foot route forunarket visitors. Boo-Elum, our fall signature event. was not held as a "Trunk or Treat" event like normal on First Street. We adapted and had a "Boo Cruize" where our trunk or treaters drove through neighborhoods bringing treats to them. For 2021 . we are planning four differeni ways to hold this event and watching COVID numbers to determine how it will take place. We are planning two safe events: a Scarecrow Contest and a Pumpkin Path. to offer the opporlunity for families, businesses. and visiiors to enjoy Halloween. We are currently in the planning phase for our annual Christn'ras in Cle Elunr, again looking at different ways to safely offer a festive time during a peak season of tourists and retail business sales. 24i00 character lir.ii