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Methodology Narrative* l,lease explailt. Being a small rnuseum, WSSSM hosts welcome each and every guest into the museum and have a chance to chat and say hello. Volunteers are trained to count each and every guest and are now asking zip code and if and where lhe person has stayed overnighl and where. This "Djrect Count" method will be invaluable rn 2022. Attached is the wsssM operations checklist form that is used by our volunteers to track information about visitors. we will also work with rhe surnmit lnn. our host hotel. to obtain detailed information on heads in beds as a result of our in-person events for 2022. The past actual used in this report are number front 20'19. the last full year WSSSM was open. The attached repod shows details of our visitor survey. . ln 2019, we were open 4 days a ureek (Thurs-Sun) with an average of 2g visitors per day. . ln 2A20. from January-March 15. lraffic was up to 37 visitors per day. We then closed for Covid until Sept. 26 when we opened up for just 15 days (Sept. 26-Nov. 15) and had an average of 10 visiiors per day (open just 2 days per week. Sat/Sr"rn). We missed Dec 2020 due to Covid. . ln 2021. we were closed Jan and Feb due to Covid which would have been a very blisy tinre ai tlre museum. We open Feb. 20 and traffic was slow until May 30 with just 13 visitors per day open Sat/Sun as the community began to open up. ln JuneiJuly and August (which coincided with our adverlising) traffic really increased to 35 per day. ln September 2021. we were at 28 people per day. . For 2022. we project to be open 3 days a week (Fri-Sun) and hopefully Frj and Sat nights (5-8 pm). With a projected average of 34 visitors per day (more in winter and sumnrer and less in spring and fall) that puts us back to 5,304 visits per year. zil1A .han.le. li(i1ii Application Questions. Part 5 Bl Funding Does your organizaticn have, or have you appiled for, grant funding from other sources? lf not, why not? lf yes. please list the funding you have for the project. inclLrding any volunteer and in-kind sources in euestion gl project Budget Overview. Funding sources and amounts which have not yet been secured will be listed separately. in the fielci(s) direcily below Finally. whai changes would occur if the project couldn't be funded? Othef FUnding * D""s lrorl cflJartizal,on lrave. cr have yrji' apt)ireii ior fundiilg inll othijr soi:rces? Yes u No Explanation *li nol. vrhy noi'? ln 2021 . the Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum was awarded a Nonprofit Community Recovery (NCR) grant jn the anrount of $5.000. The purpose of the grant was to cover expenses incurred between March 1. 2020, and June 30. 2021, due to financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the only other grant we have ever applied for. All of our other expenses are covered by fundraising 25ti0 char.rcter limii '1;1.&ai cbanoes lvill lle made r{fundinq lor VoLrf reqLlesi is tct available or ieccmtllended.) Should we not receive lhe grant from Kitititas County we will not execute on this extensive marketing campaign, 2500 ;iaracler linrii Funding Shortfalls*