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Response 4.'l: lf your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, or other events, how is this accomplished?* WSSSM has partnered with many organizations throughout the years to promote the museum and our events. 1. PRIMARY PARTNERS: Dru Bru Brewery: ongoing for partnership for mriltiple events throughout the year. 2. The Summit at Snoqualmie: ongoing extensive marketing partnetship 3. Sturtevant's: Working on Retro Ski Fashion Show event lor 2025 4. Suncadia Resorts for hotel partnership and historical tourism promotion iworking on this) 5. Corrmonwealth Restaurant: ongoing partnership for events 6. Warren Miller Entertainment: sponsored movies for 4 years with WSSSM booth at events in both Sealtle & Bellevue 7. ADL Ski CIub: Pafiner on this tourism focused ski club for their pre-season evenis L Edgeworks: Museum is site of mountaineering classes in fall and winter seasons for multiple days per week 9. FirehouselThe Pass Life/Laconia Market. New business at The Pass 10. SkiBuddies (The Northwest LGBT Winter Sports Club) 1'1 . CAMAH: Cascade Association of Museums, Arts & History. Member organization of 20 groups in Kittitas County. Kathy McDonald from WSSSM serves as curreni 2023 CAMAH President and webmaster/marketing for organization. 12. VertFest: held event to support the Ski Mountaineering community 13. PacWest Banked Slalom held event to support the snowboarding community 14. National Nordic Museutr: Joint exhibit on ski jumping at National Nordic Museum 15. Ski Bonkers/Sturtevant's: sponsored event with booth at eveni 16. Skiing History Magazine: Promotton to our audience 17. Outdoors forAll Foundation: Featured exhibit at WSSSM, WSSSM booth at Outdoors forAll Gala 18. Team Alpental Snoqualmie 19. City League Ski Racing 20. Nodhwesi Winter Sports Foundalion: Joint promotion of license plate program 21. PNSA: Pacific Northwest Ski Racing Teams 22. King County Search and Rescue Association 23. Ski Patrol Rescue Association 24. Central Washington Outdoor: Featured on website and social media 25C0 characier,iflil Response 4,2: Describe how you will promote lodging establishments, restaurants, and business located in Kittitas County* WSSSM switched lo a new hotel partner: Suncadia Resort. Unfortunately, we had lrouble connecting with them due to staffing changes and are looking toward renewing ihat relationship. The Summit lnn is across the street from the museum, but does not appear to be interested in doing any ongoing marketing partnership. They will put up signs for our events at the museum, however. To entice volunieers, WSSSM partners with Dru Bru for beer tokens, Commonwealth restaurant for a free meal during your shift. Red Mountain coffee for drink tokens, and even ski lessons from The Summit. Local businesses around the Pass welcotne WSSSM to post flyers about events on tlreir bulletin boards. Whenever WSSSM does events at the museum, we partner with local Kittitas County restaurants like the Firehousellaconia Market/Pass Life Space. Commonwealth and Dru Bru. and The Sumrnit at Snoqualmie for food and beverages for these events We also partner with other location organizations to promote these events through local Facebook groups. As a member of CAMAH (Kathy McDonald is former CAMAH President and webmaste$, WSSSM will utilize our contacts in Kittitas County to cross-pronrote activities and events with other museums and organizations. The WSSSM website has a specific section on it highlighting local "partners" in the community. Of course, The Central WA Outdoor logo is prominently featured on the www.wsssm.org home page- 2500 character liruil Response 4,3: ls there a host hotel for your event or grant project? lf yes, list the hotel. * ,NO Yes Hoping to renew with Suncadia Resort I 5l Future Plans