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We recognize that having diverse funding streams is essential to our success. Our <br />primary revenue source in 2022 is tenant rental income at the EBDA Business Park <br />which accounts for almost 38%. Government sourced funding, the Distressed County <br />Grant funding and city interlocal, makes up the remaining 62%. <br />Existing funding sources such as the Distressed County grant funds are being <br />leveraged to bring in additional grant funds. Just in 2022, we secured $125,000 in grant <br />funding for priority work in Kittitas County and have an additional $170,250 pending of <br />which all but $40,000 has received a `do fund' recommendation from grantor program <br />staff. <br />We are undergoing a review of the value proposition (e.g., services/programs) <br />CenterFuse offers, such as grant writing, data analysis, and responding to Requests for <br />Information, to determine if there is a market and demand to monetize certain services. <br />We may consider licensing of an online tool we are developing which could serve as <br />another revenue stream. <br />We are undertaking a feasibility study to determine the viability of building a wood <br />products campus. The study results are anticipated late 2023 and if recommended, we <br />will move ahead with seeking funding support for construction of a new building. Once <br />constructed and rented, the tenant rents from this new building will help us move closer <br />to self-sufficiency. <br />4. Will this position serve the needs and/or interests of multiple jurisdictions and/or <br />organizations? Please explain in detail. <br />CenterFuse's focus is within the City of Ellensburg and the Urban Growth Area (UGA). <br />Earlier this year we received legal opinion that our services may reach to all in Kittitas <br />County. We know that businesses in Ellensburg and people who work for those <br />businesses buy products and services from all of Kittitas County, adjoining counties, <br />and Washington State at large. Business development in Ellensburg and the UGA <br />supports tourism and recreation in the natural areas in and around Kittitas County. <br />Here are a couple of examples of projects CenterFuse is undertaking that serve the <br />needs and interests of multiple jurisdictions and organizations: <br />Cat Tank. CenterFuse is the lead sponsor and co-organizer of this student led business <br />plan competition imaged after the popular show, Shark Tank. Cat Tank serves the <br />needs and interests of local government (e.g., business expansion, business diversity), <br />Central Washington University (e.g., applied student learning, faculty outreach), and <br />business -to -business relations (e.g., linking the emerging entrepreneurs with <br />businesses who can assist them with success). <br />1-90 West Interchange Private Development Study. CenterFuse secured grant funding <br />from CERB for a planning study to identify the obstacles and opportunities for private <br />development of vacant land at the 1-90 West Interchange. This project serves the needs <br />