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o <br />D <br />EYtqI tabor <br />(s09) e62-7831 1.800{37-2444 <br />609 N. MAN ST ETLENSBURG, WA 98926 <br />May 15, 2025 <br />Kittitas County Lodging Tax Committee <br />205 W.5th Ave <br />Ellensburg WA 98926 <br />Re: Lodging Tax Large Capital Project Funding <br />impact to our communitY <br />This critical funding will supplement the existing funding commitments from the Ellensburg <br />Rodeo Association, City of Ellensburg, and Kittif,s Couniy. This investment in the community <br />will provide opportuniiies to not only our generation, but for many generations to come' <br />we strongly encourage you to support the Kittitas valley Event center Director's request for <br />Lodging Tax funding for Large Capital Projects' <br />Thank you for Your consideration, <br />on behalf of the Ellensburg Rodeo Association, I am writing to indicate our strong support for <br />the Kittitas Valley ru"ni CJnt"r Director's reluest for Lodging Tax funding for Large capital <br />Projects for the Kittitas valley Event cente, g Ettt"tu'rg nodeo Arena restoration project' For <br />the past decade an" irr"nrlrrg Rodeo has been working with the Kittitas county <br />commissioners on the design and funding of a much needed grandstand renovation for the <br />Ellensburg Rodeo *rei, ., ,t " Kittitas valley Event center. tlris project will replace sections of <br />the grandstands identified with deteriorating structural integrity' non'compliant ingress and <br />egress, ADA accessiniiitv anU seating, ."d ;;il;; existing outdated restroom with accessible <br />and sanitary restroom facilities' <br />The Event center is the premier large entertainment venue in Kittitas county' playing host to a <br />wide variety of public events like concertr,'fu'tiu'|" and, most famously' the Ellensburg Rodeo <br />More than 39,000 people attend the Ellensburg Rodeo annually' creating a significant financial <br />eQ <br />Carl Jen <br />President