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Response 1.1 : Please provide a description of your projecUevent. * <br />Thank you for the opportunity to support the annual marketing campaign forthe Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museurn <br />(WSSSM) (http://wwwwsssm.org). ln 2025 the museum will be celebrating our 1Oth anniversary and we have plans for lots of <br />activities around this celebration ! <br />We are located on Snoqualmie Pass, just over the King-Kittitas county line, WSSSM is truly the first tourism destination in Upper <br />Kiititas County. The museum is in the modern and growing Pass Life development next to ihe Sumnrit ski area, ideally situated <br />in beiween two popular venues: Commonwealth restaurant and Dru Bru brewery. WSSSM is open year-round, Friday-Sunday. <br />Admission is FREE. <br />The museum is staffed by two paid staff, our Executive Director and Operations and Volunteer Coordinator. We rely on a <br />volunieers to help staff the museum. WSSSM is also a community space and nreeting spot for Snoqualmie Pass residents. We <br />work to provide quality events that appeal to our demographic of skiers, but also to the local community. Our volunteer hosts <br />interact with every visitor and provide local information for the surrounding area. <br />ln 2023, the museum saw a 47o/o increase in museum vjsits over the prior year and expects to end the year with an all-time high <br />of around 6,559 visitors. QR code surveys tell us that 97% of visitors travel more than 50 miles and 13% come from outside <br />Washington State. About 12% of visitors report an overnight siay. <br />2023 was one of our best fundraising years ever. WSSSM has developed broad and consistent support from over 450 individual <br />and corporate donors across the state. including The Summit, Northwest Winter Sports Foundation, Ski Washington, K2, Mervin, <br />and more. Commr:nity parinerships jnclude Dru Bru. The Summit, Stuftevant's, Outdoors forAll, VertFest. PacWest Banked <br />Slalom, Warren Miller, REl, Edgeworks, Suncadia and more. <br />WSSSM is a storytelling, digital hands-on museum with 11 permanent exhibits and many videos. ln 2O24,the museum added <br />ihe mannequin "Radical Rick" to our Snowboarding Exhibit. Rick is dressed and ready for snowboarding 1980s siyle. Our most <br />popular exhibit is on our State's Olympians. We are pleased to have our Olymprans stay connected with the museum. With the <br />1Oth anniversary coming up in 2025, the museum exhibiis committee is reinvigorated to decide on our next major project. <br />lf awarded funds, WSSSM will invest in primarily targeted digitallon-line/streaming. social media, search advertising and print <br />advertising. <br />2500 characler limit <br />Response 1.2: Please provide us link to a brief video summary of you organization's evenuproject. * <br />Note: Yali NIUST be present al lhe O&A nreeting to qualify for fundjrrg. <br />hitps:llyoutu. be/q L5vd LAWFES <br />Response 1.3: List of lntended Use of Funds* <br />Nolei This lanquage vlill be .elaled iI the cor]ltact if alvarded. <br />l"he CLTAC canltoi dpllrove fuBds not listed under RCW 67.28.18'16. Holvev--i llre conrmitiee has the right to be nto,e resllictive. <br />Digital on-line advertising, streaming video or audio <br />Social media advedising <br />Search advertising <br />Print advertising including magazines, flyers, postcards, brochures. rack cards <br />2l Supporting Kittitas County as a tourism destination. <br />1. Away from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in paid accommodations; <br />2. To a place fifty miles or more away from their place of residence or business for the day or staying overnight; <br />3. Or from another country or state outside of their place of residence or business. <br />You must provide the evidence utilized in determining your projections.