LT2025-017 KITTITAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC CLTAC

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Application Questions: Part 4 6| Additional Information Response 6.1: Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your project and its benefit to tourism. The Kittitas County Historical Museum is a private, nonprofit charitable organization. With only two paid staff and 14 volunteers, we plan to continue building awareness of the museum, which will reflectively increase our further sustainability. We have continued to build on an advertising campaign that has reached over a decade of success, resulting in an almost consistent growth of 20-25% per year. As of August 31, 2024 we have had 5,370 visitors (compared to 4,879 a year ago), and are on track to continue that growth throughout the remainder of the year and into next year as well. We have broken records with our attendance as well as donation rates. We have also had yearly increases in our gift shop sales, social media views, and interest in volunteering and getting involved with the museum. All of this we directly attribute to the rebounding visitation and continued successful marketing of the Museum. With increased performance in the same and slightly new markets, we draw on visitors who are already predisposed to visit us, showing them new activities at the Museum, new things to be aware of, and reasons why to visit not only our organization but Ellensburg and Kittitas County as a whole. And hopefully, if funded, we are able to show what makes our 63-year old organization unique, and continue to share the history, heritage, and culture of Kittitas County, just as we have done since day 1. 2500 character limit Response 6.2: You may upload any supporting documents such as graphs, images, diagrams, marketing materials, etc. You are allowed to submit up to 3 single page (US Letter) documents in JPG, PDF or TIFF format Application Questions - Working Doc1.pdf 308.52KB 7| Previous Lodging Tax Grant Information Response 7.1: Has your event received Lodging Tax funds in previous years?* No, this event/project has not previously received Lodging Tax Funding Yes, 1 year previous Yes, 2 years previous Yes, 3 years previous Yes, 4 or more years previous Response 7.2: Overall Attendance * Past Actual *Projected * 7,650 10,000 Response 7.3: Number of people travelling more than 50 miles for your event?* Past Actual *Projected * 4,559 6,200 Response 7.4: Number of people traveling from outside WA State for your event?* Past Actual *Projected * 1,997 3,800 Response 7.5: The number of overnight guests who stay in paid accommodations in Kittitas County for your event?* Past Actual *Projected * 956 1,240 Response 7.6: Number of paid lodging room nights resulting from you event/activity/facility?* Past Actual *Projected *