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4.2 Promoting Local Business * DEScribe how you ltill prornole lodgjng establishRrents. restariranls, and busiuess locilted ln Kittilas County We will be promoting local business by giving information during the check in for the pageant. We will have available maps and brochures. We will be using a local MC during our pageant who is very familiar with the Kittitas Valley and will promote and suggest areas of interest to visit. . 25flo draracter limit 4.3 Host Hotel*ls ihere a hosl hoiel lor your evenl or qralt ptoject? 'l yes list lhe holel. ,NO . Yes. Hisiorical Hotel Wndrow 5l Future Plans Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. lnclude any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost-recovery models. Future Plans*We have successful pageanls under our belt. We wish to continue that trend. Every year we review the pros and cons of our pageant. We look for ways to improve and to beconre more successful. Our nrission is and will continue to be: The Miss Rodeo Washington Pageant is a non-profit organization comprised of dedicated volunteet.s working together to strengthen our program for the Miss Rodeo Washington title holders and contestants. To organize. coordinate. administer, assure the perpetuation, and promote a scholarship program to provide educational opportunities through scholarships to selected Miss Rodeo Washington Pageant contestants. Ellensburg benefits from the attendance to the Miss Rodeo Washjngton Pageant through use of local businesses. gas stations, bakeries, restaurants, hotels, RV resorts, grocery stores, shops. Our pageant inspires little girls to go for their dreams of becoming a rodeo queen. Seating during our pageant has been a challenge. We are working hard toward a solution for the 2A21 pageant by moving our pageant downtown to the Hotel Windrow. Wiih additional seating, a new website and push to update all of our social rnedia we will work hard to increase our pageant numbers and rncrease tourism throughout Kittitas County. 2500 characier lintil 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 lf you ilad a plannecl evert in 2020 or 202.1. whelher lhey lvere able lo iake plac-. or nol. please describe any successes and clrallenges you exllerieIced. We got many more requests for applications this year. Our entry numbers have remained consistent. Our challenge was to be able to siep up our pageant event to a higher standard in 2021 with no income coming in from the pageant or an event. in 2020. While our treasury sufiered in 2020 due to us not being able to hold any events many of expenses remained the same. We have worked very hard to attract new and more volunteers to help with our program. Our commitment was to move to a better. more inviting location and this has been accomplished for2021 . We have secured some new sponsors and will continue to work trying to secure more sponsors but have had some linritations due to the economic conditions from the 2420 year. 2500 cha,acter linrit