City Cultural Arts Manager 5/4/2018 (2)

Please read! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION! ECONOMIC IMPACT Because the City of Everett operates the Hotel-Motel fund as an economic development tool,one of the key evaluation criteria for selecting a project for funding is its potential economic benefit In addition,the City is required to report to the State on the numbers of visitors and the numbers of overnight stays generated by each'. project Please indicate the anticipated economic impact of your project and provide the estimated number of participants in each of the following categories; • staying in overnight paid accommodations:250+(see detail below) • traveling over 50 miles and staying overnight in unpaid accommodations(with friends or family): 500+ •` traveling over 50 miles and staying for the day only, attending but not included in one of the above categories:6,305+(see detail below) • Other attendees: 13,000 • total of all participants(sum of the first four categories). 18,000+ Quantify your projections and indicate how you propose to verify your results (for example, by head count or surveys). You will be required to provide post-event information for these same categories prior to reimbursement. Remember,food and fuel purchases assist the local economy but do not contribute to the Hotel-Motel fund;the fund derives entirely from taxes on overnight lodging in the county. If your project will not result directly in overnight stays,try to demonstrate how its success may contribute to generating future overnight stays. An example might be a one-day festival you sponsor which,when combined with-and jointly marketed with—an event the following day which appealed to the same audience,would encourage visitors to spend the night and attend both events. In this example,it would be important to discuss the timeframe and strategy for future implementation of an appropriate cooperative marketing campaign to link your one-day festival with the second one. Again,quantify your projections and explain the methodology by which you developed them. ATTENDEES WHO TRAVELED 50 MILES OR MORE TO ATTEND • Our 2017 surveys revealed that 54% (9,730) of attendees came from outside Snohomish County. • Our 2017 surveys indicated that 125 came from outside Washington State. ATTENDEES WHO STAYED OVERNIGHT • We estimate 250 overnight stays, paid accommodations in Everett hotels for 2018. Most our vendors stay 4 nights and 29% of our 150 vendors report staying in • hotels. For 2018, we anticipate a minimum of 250 overnight stays in Everett hotels. • Vendor surveys- indicated many of our vendors not staying in hotels are staying in mobile home accommodations or with family or friends. We estimate 150 overnights in these types of accommodations. 6