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a <br />teams, famities, and spectators who witt utitize tocat [odging, dining, and <br />retait, generating direct visitor spending. <br />r lndoor, Four-Season Recreation: As a climate-controtted, mutti-use <br />space, the fietdhouse enabtes consistent recreationat activity regardtess of <br />weather, supporting both locats and tourists. lt provides an important <br />atternative for visitors in the winter or shoutder seasons, contributing to the <br />region's goat of year-round tourism. <br />. Gommunity & Signature Events: The space can accommodate expos, <br />trade shows, markets, and targe community gatherings-supporting a wide <br />variety of event-based tourism and civic engagement. This ftexibil.ity hetps <br />bring new, Large-scate events to Ettensburg and Kittitas County. <br />. Comptement to Existing Attractions: Located within proximity to <br />Ettensburg's watkabte downtown, the fietdhouse witt strengthen tourism by <br />encouraging tonger stays and multi-purpose visits. Visitors can attend events <br />at the fietdhouse and exptore the Creative District, gatteries, muSeums, and <br />cutinary offerings-at[ centrat to the area's tourism strategy. <br />. Support for Group Travet & Sports Organizations: The fietdhouse creates <br />new opportunities to host traveting ctubs, camps, and athtetic <br />organizations-atigning with regionat tourism efforts to attract group travet <br />and bolster mid-week and shoutder-season todging occupancy. <br />. Visitor Amenities & Wayfinding: The facitity may atso serve as a visitor <br />touchpoint, with onsite signage, kiosks, or partnership opportunities to <br />distribute maps, itineraries, and tocat guides-helping orient traveters and <br />increase economic impact across the community. <br />proposed methods for gathering feedback and measuring usage or visibitity - <br />The city witt work with event hosts to create a satisfaction survey that can be fitted <br />out by tournament participants/teams. Communication with tocat hotetiers and the <br />Kittitas Chamber of Commerce to receive feedback on overnight stays as wetl as <br />impacts on locaI <br />Long-term outcomes expected in terms of community benefit and tourism <br />growth - Much tike with youth basebatt tournaments, Ettensburg wil,t become the <br />regionat focus of youth basketbal,t and votteybatt tournaments. The locat tourism <br />industry witt see a significant increase in business during their historicatty slower <br />times of the year. Ettensburg witt become the premier year around tocation for youth <br />athtetics and tou rnaments. <br />a