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Application Questions. Part 4 <br />6l Additional lnformation <br />Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your <br />project and its benefit to tourism. <br />COVID-19 lnfOfmatiOn li you had 3 pianne.l evilrrl in 202C !r 20:1. wjjether they laere able lo take ttlace or not. please rlescnbe ?rly <br />iticcgsses and rhallenggs you experiertLeo. <br />The ongoing challenges of COVID 19 have continued to impact our events and <br />activities. However, our Board of Directors and committee members have been <br />creative in addressing these impacts. We have implemented a planning format that <br />allows for activities and events to flow through town. By moving from businesses to <br />businesses. pocket park to pocket park. this allowed us to safely offer activities. Our <br />activities this past yearwere held, but in many cases nrodified to meet safety <br />requirements for COVID. <br />For Pioneer Days 2O21, due to crowd concerns. we did not offer a full menu of <br />activiiies in downtown cle Elum. our vendor market and Kid Zone were not offered. <br />and the 3 on 3 basketball tournament was canceled. However, our associatiotr <br />continued to bring Pioneer Days partners together to identify activities lhat were <br />going to be held and to encourage a "flow" of activities throughout Cle Elum. Roslyn <br />Ronald. and Suncadia Reso'1. We also worked with businesses like Dru Bru to <br />develop outdoor games for families. As a result. we were able to identify a full rnenu <br />of offerings that were ihen advertised locally. online. and through the efforls of all <br />partners. We had a very successful. safe. and fun P'oneet Days weekend. <br />We successfully introduced a Mother's Day Market with pop-ups in retail. food. and <br />beverage locations. Vendors were placed on the sidewalk and people were <br />encouiaged to shop and explore downtown during that weekend. Another successful <br />venture that we were able to safely hold was the new Cle Elum public Market <br />downtown. Working wiih the Kittitas County Health Departrnent we were able to <br />develop a safe layoui to space vendors and a safe fooi route for market visitors. <br />Boo-Elum. our fall signature event. was not held as a "Trunk or Treat" event like <br />normal on First Street- We adapted and had a "Boo Cruize" where our trunk or <br />treaters drove through neighborhoods bringing lreats to them. For 2021, we are <br />planning four different ways to hold this event anc.l watching COVID numbers to <br />determine how it will take place. We are plannirrg iwo safe events. a Scarecrow <br />Contest and a Purnpkin Path. to offer the opportunity for families, businesses, and <br />visitors to enjoy Halloween. <br />we ale currently in the plarrning phase for our annual chrislrnas irr cle Elunr. agarn <br />looking at different ways to safely offer a festive time during a peak season of <br />tourists and retail business sales. <br />25iio draracier lirlrit