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4.2 Promoting Local <br />Business * <br />4.3 Host Hotel* <br />Descnbe how yo{ witl promote lodging establishments, reslaurantS. aid irusiness located in Kitlilas Counly <br />We will promote lodging establishments, restaurants, and businesses located in <br />Kittitas County in a variely of methods. Throughoui the year, we have a number of <br />special exhibits, programs, and events to promote the topic of a particular exhibit, <br />We work with local businesses and other non-profits to co-market these events <br />which increase exposure for both parties. <br />We anticipate [o leature a number of these particular businesses through our exhibit <br />upgrades and through references on our website as links; through the virtual <br />lectures where they have a full screen of information that sends people to locat <br />resources to plan trips: promotion through our social media accounts, especially as <br />facts about businesses through our "Did You Know" notes; and through our videos <br />and newsletters that encourage individuals to visit and stay locally. Our downtown <br />walking tour and scavenger hunt also promote local businesses. <br />The Museum also has an entire exhibit room al 2,400 square feet plus a space of <br />600 square feet that features local businesses past and present. As exhibits update, <br />there are ways io incorporate information on current local businesses. Additionally, <br />we have recently worked with a number of local cur.ent and historic businesses to <br />preserve their histories and stories, such as Fitlerer's Furniture, Woods Ace <br />Hardware, as well as any donated or loaned artifacts. There are new displays <br />underway to further update a few business-related displays which cottld provide <br />advertising options. We also have displays offsite at locations which we promote, <br />like at Hotel Window, at Puget Sound Energy, and at lda Nason Aronica Elementary <br />School. And we always look for collaborative pro.jects in and around Kittitas County. <br />Other plans to promote local lodg,ng establishments, restaurants, and businesses <br />include tour and event sponsorships, exhibit and programming partnerships, and <br />through opportunities to provide historic research, photographs, and information for <br />the business which is a great collaborative effort that co-promotes lhe business and <br />museum. For example, we have provided information to the Kittitas County <br />Chamber of Commerce about the Pautzke Building in Ellensburg, and we are <br />actively working with businesses in Ellensburg, Kittitas, Cle Elum, Roslyn, and <br />Easton. Museum staff and volunteers also provide word of mouth recommendations <br />and print materials at the museum for individuals interested in local lodging <br />establishments, restaurants, and businesses. <br />2500 character linlil <br />ls lhere fi hosl holel for yotir evenl or grarll ptoieci? lf yes. list ihe hotei. <br />No <br />'' Yes. Hotel Windrow and <br />Towneplace Suites <br />I <br />5l Future Plans <br />Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-srlstaining. lnclude any plans for ticket sales, event <br />sponsors, and other cost-recovery models.