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1. Away from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in paid accornmodations; 2. To a place fifty miles or more away from their place of resrdence or business for the day or staying overnight: 3. or from another country or state outside of their place of residence or business. You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections. Response 2.1 * '"lnry s/ould lourisls travel to Kitiilas County io atlend yoUr event/activilylfacilily? The Memorial Day Celebration is in its thirty-first year, it occurs on the Saturday of firsi three-day holiday of the year and has become an event ihat brings visitors and tourists to this small community. lt is a day that the community of Easton triples in size as tlre celebration offers not only a unique and fun parade, but a car show street fair, a KidZone and time to celebrate our Nation. Memorial Day is statistically the highest traffic volume of the year. According to the WSDOT Geoportal Map. l-90 has anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 vehicles on a daily average traveling over Snoqualmie Pass. Coming from the west, visitors enter Kittitas County at the top of Snoqualmie Pass and Easton is the first town in Eastern Washington for visitors. Surrounded by State and Federal campgror:nds. private recreational lodging, Memorial Day weekend is one of busiest for overnight stays. Only one hour from Seattle, day trips to hike, bike, fish, and multiple other recreational experiences can be accessed at Easton. Those who are traveling fiom the east. fjnd that Easton is an easy location to travel to visit for a day, and celebrate the three day weekend. The Memorial Day Celebration offers additional incentive for visitors to stay overnight at one of the many campgrounds and private lodging facilities offered close by. 2500 rharacter linrt Descrbe the prior sLrccess ot your eve'tlractivitylfacility iI alti acliqr tollrists. When the Easton Memorial Day Celebration began, thirty-one years ago in 1991, the event was primarily local people having fun and gathering to hold a parade in celebration of Memorial Day. lt provided an oppodunity for community members to gather, en.1oy each other and to remember those who foLrght for our Naiion. As the event became more popular. and more volunteers came on board to plan, the event became a daylong celebration. The celebration increased from offering a parade to adding a street fair, car show, motorcycle show and KidZone. Seeing the opportunity to provide a unique event in a very small town. the committee began to look for more ways to market and promote the celebraiion. With the help of Kittitas CLTAC grant funds the committee additional marketing options to help spread the work about the Memorial Day Celebration. Using paid adverlising, online marketing, printed posters and flyers that were distributed widely. we saw out small local event growing into a popular event which began drawing more and more people 50 miles or farther away. ln 20'19, we had our largest participation, 4,000 people! Our small-town community event has become a small-town celebration to put on your calendar and attend. 2500 characler linrit Application Questions: Parl 2 3l lmpact Response 2.2*