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Appendix A: Executive lnterviews <br />LAST THOUGHTS QUOTES OF NOTE <br />These ore quates thot express commonly held ideas or were especially impartant to note. These fino! <br />thoughts did notfit any particular cotegory. <br />"Growing Ellensburg os sn events destinstion will require coordinqtion of schedules." <br />"Using the Kittitds County Events Center for meetings is complicated by the tack of hotets in walking <br />distance snd lock of transit to the site." (And potentially lack of avaitability?) <br />"We have 86 nonprofits in EI!ensburg contpeting against ane another. I'd tike to see all organizations <br />working together...we all have the sqme goals.,' <br />"The biggest thing is .to be just weird enough to spork curiosity. For example, we're a tight group of <br />co n s e rva tive s w ith I i be ru I col I e q e stud e nts." <br />"The Upper ond Lower Valley mentolity divides us.,, <br />"Ellensburg needs ta stap fighting with CWU.,, <br />"We need d convention center!" <br />"We're tnissing a connection to tlte Co!umbis River, which is close and offers more recreotional <br />opportunities." <br />"We need to use lodging tax dollars to get the biggest bang for the buck. We hsve another hotel <br />coming in two years that will grow the pot of LTAC dollars. How does the city best use thct money?', <br />City of Ellensburg <br />Fh/e-Year Tourisnr Straiegic Plan <br />?fl10 b1