LT2026-015 CLE ELUM ROUNDUP FINAL

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Response 4.1: If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, or other events, how is this accomplished?* Response 4.2: Describe how you will promote lodging establishments, restaurants, and business located in Kittitas County * Response 4.3: Is there a host hotel for your event or grant project? If yes, list the hotel.* 5| Future Plans As a not-for-profit volunteer organization, the Roundup relies heavily on its partnership businesses and organizations in order to hold our event. We have more than 50 sponsors who financially support the Roundup because they believe in our mission and the benefit we provide to the community. Several of our sponsors have been with the Roundup since its inception in 2014 and in 2025 we added many new/1st time sponsors to help continue to grow this event toward self-sufficiency. One of our key long-term collaborators is the Washington State Horse Park where our event is held each year. We promote our sponsors with banners, flags, posters, radio, social media, website, and they also promote the Roundup with cross marketing. Additionally, we utilize coupons and special promotions to drive rodeo fan business to our sponsor partners. We have partnered with several community organizations to further the Roundup and their organizations with shared volunteering and financial benefits. Some of our partnerships include Manastash Grange, multiple 4H clubs, Rotary, Youth Services mentoring, the Wooden Horse, Quiet Cadence, Cle Elum Downtown Association, Ellensburg Rodeo Posse, and the Putnam Centennial Center. Additional partnerships have been forged with events like Bares & Broncs in Ellensburg, Toppenish Rodeo, & Roslyn Riders Playday. Our organizations support one another with volunteers and shared marketing & promotion. Our partnership with Quiet Cadence and The Wooden Horse has greatly enhanced our Kids Corral area - bringing a wide variety of games and activities to children and families. Thanks to partnerships and collaborations we give & receive shared social media marketing, poster hanging, volunteers, and recognition/promotion at events and within organizations. For 2026, we will continue to work with local businesses to collaborate on how to better expand our event for the benefit of the Cle Elum, Roslyn, and Kittitas County as a whole. 2500 character limit Our focused marketing and promotion will be web and social-media driven. The Roundup website will continue to have a Visitor Info heading with pictures, links, & logos for local accommodations, our sponsors, the city of Cle Elum, and Kittitas County. We will also partner with local VRBO’s and hotels with Roundup room/stay rates and ticket packages. Lodging information is provided during the ticket purchase process and a coupon for a local restaurant will accompany each ticket. Additionally, contestants, contractors, vendors and volunteers will receive lodging and sponsor information, as well as be driven to our website for more information. During the rodeo performances, sponsors will be promoted with vendor booths, grand entry flags, arena banners, printed on the day sheets, and within the program. Additionally, the announcer promotes sponsors throughout the event. We are fortunate to have many local sponsors so it is a natural fit for the Roundup to promote those local businesses. In 2025 we once again partnered with the Gretchen Weller Foundation to raise money to support families in Upper Kittitas County who are facing cancer diagnosis and treatment. We featured a link to donate on our website and also raised money during our event. We plan to continue this partnership in the future. In 2025 we also hired a professional to help us design our social media posts as well as create promotional materials - examples of those materials can be found on our Facebook and Instagram pages - and the added degree of professionalism helped increase our reach on social media There will also be a Roundup poster and newsprint advertising with sponsor acknowledgment. Our sponsors are the reason we are able to accomplish our mission so we will do as much as we can to promote them and drive rodeo fans & contestants to their businesses. 2500 character limit No Yes Timberlodge Inn