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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence - BOCCGRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA MEETING REQUEST FORM (Must be submitted to the Clerk of the Board by 12:00pm on Thursday) REQUESTING DEPARTMEN00CC T: F-) REQUEST SUBMITTED BY:CEMANELL CONTACT PERSON ATTENDING ROUNDTABLE.CEMANELL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: FIYES 10NO DATE:7/21/2026 PHONE: x2931 Tj NOW MIMI FIVE r DAgreernent Contract DAP Vouchers LIAppointment Reappointment i---jIARPA Related El Bids / RFPs / Quotes Award DBid Opening Scheduled 013oards / COMMittees DBudget DCornputer Related DCounty Code IDErnergency Purchase 0 Employee Rel. ElFacilities Related El Financial DFunds, OHearing ElInvoices / Purchase Orders FIGrants — Fed/State/County I-11-eases El MOA I MOU []Minutes ElOrdinances, E]Out of State Travel ElPetty Cash ElPolicies FlProclamations DRequest for Purchase CI Resolution [I Recommendation OProfessional Serv/Consultant Support Letter OSurplus Req. []Tax Levies 7, Thank You's 71 Tax Title Property FIWSLCB A, W WORDING F �2 ( _0 GEDA ae Whoost, e - Xnn, Letter of Support to the A.mencan Planning Association and Planning Association I of Washington {AF'APAW) for Beckwith Consulting"s work on the Grant County Tourism Master Plan M P). If necessary, was this document reviewed by accounting? F-1 YES F1 NO 19 N/A If necessary, was this document reviewed by legal? ® YES ® NO ii NIA �" i WIN / ��/ - MINOR /1000 0 01001 W o jam. DATE OF ACTION: -17 DEFERRED OR CONTINUED TO: APPROVE: DENIED ABSTAIN 131: D2: D3: 4/23/24 July 28, 2026 APA Washington Anya Gedrath AICP City of Bellingham GRANT COUNTY OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS P O Box 37 EPHRATA WA 9BB23 (509) 754-201 1 PAW Christ P asinetti AICP City of Enumclaw COPY RE: 2026 APAPA WAnnual Awards for Excellence in Planning —Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) Dear Anya and Chris, Tourism is a significant economic opportunity for Grant County due to our geologic origins, Native American heritage, art and culture activities, agriculture, and outdoor recreation opportunities, In past years, we attracted visitors generating local expenditures and associated employment and investment. However, as tourism continues to evolve, particularly geotourism, we needed to -update our tourism strategies. We conducted online surveys at the beginning of the process that were completed by 115 visitors and 331 residents identifying issues of concern including retention and recruitment of tourist -oriented businesses, employment, and volunteer opportunities that we incorporated into the planning process. We used the State of Washington Tourism (SWT) 2023 -2024 "True to Nature" campaign analytics to identify incremental travel benefits that can accrue to Grant County because of effective marketing to ad -aware households using videos and other social media. We also projected the economic impacts possible by effective marketing in visitation, expenditures, direct, indirect, and induced value added in jobs, income, and tax revenue depending on how effective we are in attracting and growing tourism in each and all geotourism sectors. Our TMP's implementation involves 26 actions whose priorities were determined by an online survey completed by 604 Grant County voter households at the end of the process that we used to identify performance -based measures by which to gauge progress. Kevin R. Burgess Rob Jones Cindy Carter District I District 2 District 3 "TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS9 SERVING TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES9 WHILE FOSTERING A RESPECTFUL AND SUCCESSFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT." GRANT COUNTY OFF -ICE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS P 0 Box 37 EPHRATA WA 9BB23 (509) 754-201 1 We believe our strategic approach can be replicated by other jurisdictions involved in similar economic planning efforts. We are very proud of our process and feel it is worthy of your award. If you have any questions, please email us our office at commissioners@9antcounLywa. Gov. Sincerely, BARD of COUNTY CoMMISSIONERS 'A, Kevin R. Burgess, Chair Rob Jones, Vice -Chair Kevin R. Burgess District 1 Rob Jones District 2 Cindy Ca er, Member Cindy Carter District 3 "TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS, SERVING TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES? WHILE FOSTERING A RESPECTFUL AND SUCCESSFUL WORK ENVIRONMENT." 2026 APA/PAW Awards Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) Implementation, large county comprehensive planning, and community involvement categories https://www.�rantcountywa.govZDocumentCenter/View/1-5105 FINAL -DRAFT- Grant- C ounty-Touri s m-Ma s te r- P1.qn?hir11ri Cnintart Rob Jones, Grant County Commissioner Caitlin Manell, Deputy Clerk of the Board I PO Box 37, 35 C Street NW, Ephrata, WA 98823 rj one s@grantcountywa.gov cemanell@grantcountywa.gov Tom Beckwith FAICP, Beckwith Consulting Group PO Box 704, LaConner, WA 98257 360-466-3536, beckwith@beckwithconsult.com Participants Grant County Commissioners Lodging Tax Advisory Commission (LTAC) Tourism Advisory Committee (TAC) Beckwith Consulting Group Description of the plan (100 word Tourism is a significant economic opportunity for Grant County due to its geologic origins, Native American heritage, art and culture activities, agriculture, and outdoor recreation opportunities, In past years, Grant County attracted visitors to county attractions generating local expenditures and associated employment and investment. However, as tourism continues to evolve, particularly geotourism oriented to the environment (eco-tourism), recreation, culture, heritage, and agriculture (agri-tourism) segments, Grant County needs to orient its outreach strategies. The TMP identified assets, visitation trends, tourism potential, economic impacts, visitor and resident opinions, resources, and implementing action tasks, agents, participants, and performance measures necessary to be successful. Why the plan is worthy of an award (250 words) The tourism master planning process completed an extensive inventory of Grant County's unique and significant geotourism assets including: 0 Environment - the Ice Age Floods creation of unique geologic and scenic attributes. 0 Culture - Indigenous tribes' rich cultural traditions, historical presence, and archaeological sites dating back over 11,000 years. ■ History - the 1859-1868 Cariboo Cattle Trail through Grant County linking Oregon to British Columbia for indigenous tribes, fur brigades, cattlemen, and miners. 0 A5zriculture - the 1933 Columbia Basin Project providing water for over 1,000,000 acres or 60% of all irrigated land in Washington State. 0 Recreation - including 80 boat launch sites, 146-mile Greater Columbia Water Trail (GCWT), 287-mile Palouse to Cascade State Park Trail, OHV parks in Moses Lake Mud Flats & Sand Dune's and West Saddle Mountain, and 12 major sports tournaments facilities. Online surveys were conducted and completed at the beginning of the TMP process by 115 visitors and 331 residents identifying issues, concerns, and suggestions that were incorporated into Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page 1 the planning process. The analysis determined westside visitors are a significant component of Grant County visits and projected population growth will increase this potential market opportunity. Quality marketing materials, however, are key to generating incremental increases in visitation, length of stays, and expenditures, as well as long-term awareness. TMP's implementation involves 26 actions whose priorities were determined by an online survey completed by 604 Grant County voter households that was used to identify performance -based measures by which to gauge progress. Recreational Tourists Boating, kayaking, bring, hiking, sightseeing.... /S-11 Agri -Tourists Organic farming, wineries, livestock, seeds... (Farmers' Market) Heritage Tourists History, architecture... (Historical Museum - State & National Historical Districts) Cultural Tourists Arts, crafts, ethnicity,., (Art Market) Eco-Tourists, Nature, wildlife, bird watching... Grant County geotourism potential 1. Outstanding application of planning principles Grant County's TMP process interactively engaged diverse tourism interested participants including: ■ Grant County Lodging Tax Advisory Commission (LTAC) and Tourism Advisory Committee (TAC) members - in a series of monthly workshops to review environmental, historical, cultural, agricultural, and recreational assets, visitation trends, marketing and promotional materials, opportunities, and strategies. ■ Interest groups - in a series of interviews and workshops with the Grant County Fairgrounds, The Gorge Amphitheater, Grant County Public Utility District (PUD), Colville Indian Tribe, Gorge Sunland Vacation Rentals, Ridge Riders, Sand Scorpions ORV, Columbia Basin Allied Arts, Us Fish & Wildlife (USFW), Washington State Parks, and Chambers of Commerce of Soap Lake, Moses Lake, Grand Coulee Dam Area, Ephrata, Coulee City, Quincy Valley, and South Grant County discussing current trends and future strategies. ■ Tourists - in an online survey completed by 115 visitors promoted through email, websites, postcards, and handouts at major campgrounds, parks, and motels to determine visitation behaviors, opinions, expenditures, and suggestions. ■ Residents - in an online survey completed by 331 households promoted by email and websites to identify participation as volunteers, employees, owners in Grant County tourism enterprises and their opinions concerning the impact and importance of tourism on Grant County's economy. ■ Voter households - in an online survey completed by 604 households and promoted by email, website, and a postcard mailed to every household in the county to determine priorities for the 26 action tasks necessary to implement TMP measures. Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page 2. Implementation of community values The interviews with LTAC and TAC members, tourism interest groups, and the surveys of tourists, residents, and voter households identified tourism assets to be preserved and the 26 action tasks to be implemented in the TMP including: Environment Action 1: Market Ice Age tours - expanding the Ellensburg Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute's (IAFI) Ice Age Tours of the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail with wayfinding signage and interpretive exhibits in the Coulee Corridor. Action 2: Market bird and wildlife watching tours - expanding the Great Washington State Birding Trail of the Coulee Corridor and wildlife watching tours with wayfinding signage and interpretive exhibits in wildlife refuges. Heritage Action 3: Promote Native American culture - expanding the histories, artworks, gathering sites, and interpretive facilities of tribes who reside in and adjacent to Grant County. Action 4: Promote Hispanic -Latino cultural events and activities - including Cinco de Mayo, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), and El Grito (Mexican Independence Day) with food vendors at major gathering places including the Grant County Fairground that are linked with schools, churches, and other community organizations. Action 5: Promote historic districts, barns, and landmarks - including Coulee City, Ephrata, Hartline, Mattawa, Moses Lake, Quincy, Soap Lake, Stratford, Warden, and Wilson Creek. Agriculture Action 6: Develop winery and brewery tasting tour - promoting the developing vineyard and winery businesses and microbrews in Grant County. Action 7: Promote farmers' markets and farm stands - including existing and potential famers' markets and stands in Moses Lake, Quincy, and Mattawa. Action 8: Develop farm stays - promoting cooking, baking, butchering, brewing, farm crop picking, and other farm stay opportunities in Grant County. R prrpn ti ran Action 9: Expand water trails - designating handcarry (kayak, canoe) trails the extent of the Columbia River, Sun Lake, and Moses Lake with overnight campsites at National Park Service (NPS), WA State Parks, Grant County PUD, WA Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), Moses Lake, and Moses Lake Irrigation District. Action 10: Develop on -road bike route and events on the Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway from Grand Coulee to Moses Lake - designating shoulder lanes, where possible, and shared on -road route from Grand Coulee to Moses Lake promoting racing and other group ride events on the route with designated overnight campsites. Action 11: Promote Beezley Hills Trails and Beezley Burn - expanding mountain bike and trail runner user events at Beezley Hills and other locations in Ephrata. Action 12: Develop hike, bike, and horse trail on abandoned BNSF Railway from Moses Lake to Coulee City - designating an equestrian trail and group ride events on the abandoned railroad bed and the historic wagon train crossing through private property and/or adjacent WA Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) and WA Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from Moses Lake to Coulee City. Action 13: Designate hike, bike, and horse clifftop trail on WDFW land from I-90 to Trinidad - developing a trailhead and Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page promoting group ride events at Serenity Beach Boat Launch on Vantage Road Southwest north across Sunland Road and under the Gorge Amphitheater to Ancient Lakes Trailhead and to a trailhead at SR-28 near Trinidad. Action 14: Promote Moses Lake Mud Flats & Sand Dunes, Beverly Dunes Recreation Area, and West Saddle Mountain ®HV - expanding existing motorized off -road and off -highway vehicle (ORV/OHV) events at Moses Lake, Beverly Dunes, and West Saddle Mountain. Action 15: Promote regional sport tournaments - conducting RFPs for tournaments at Quincy's Lauzier Park/Q-Plex and facilities in Moses Lake, Ephrata, Big Bend Community College, and Royal City and Warden School Districts for baseball, soccer, cricket, 3x3 basketball, and pickleball. Ci'lnirP Action 16: Promote Grant County Fairgrounds and Moses Lake Roundup - with participation by more fair and rodeo organizations, increasing prize monies to increase attendance during the annual August Fair & Rodeo, and scheduling events and activities the rest of the year including equestrian. Action 17: Support The Gorge Amphitheater - adopting a master plan for the site and facility and supporting infrastructure including roads, sewer, water, and telecommunications services. Action 18: Promote performing arts events - expanding Grant County performing arts facilities and programs with local and regional performing arts organizations. Action 19: Promote fine arts events - expanding Grant County fine arts galleries, facilities, and programs involving local and regional artists. Action 20: Promote festivals - expanding Grant County festivals and special events with local and regional attendees and advertising. Branding Action 21: Develop new tourism promotional content and message - including digitals, videos, interactive maps, and print materials that include and highlight Grant County geotourism assets and destinations of the environment (ecotourism), heritage, culture, agriculture (agritourism), and recreation on Grant County and SWT websites and materials. Action 22: Consolidate content and message - into a centrally accessible website linked with digital, videos, interactive maps and print materials shared with Grant County jurisdictions and state agencies focused on tourist activities and destinations. Action 23: Post content and message - with regional and state tourism promotional outlets including Washington State Tourism (WST), Washington State Destination Management Organizations (WSDMO), State of Washington Tourism (SWT), Washington State Marketing Authority (WSMA), and Washington Tourism Alliance (WTA). Implementation Action 24: Update Lodging Tax grant criteria - to reflect the Tourism Master Plan (TMP) action tasks objectives and performance measures. Action 2 5: Track results - with a comprehensive and consistent network of Datafy or Placer.ai sites located at key destinations throughout Grant County on a continuous basis. Action 26: Coordinate tourism agents and agencies_- to provide consistent, stable, reliable, and innovative messaging and the most efficient use of limited and shared resources. Update the Tourism Marketing Manager position to identify the Manager's authority and responsibility for implementing the actions defined in this TMP along with measurable performance Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page 4 measures with which to measure progress and fine-tune, when necessary, objectives, schedules, budgets, and other particulars. Make the Marketing Manager a central coordinator for all tourism agents and agencies in the county for tourism programs. The TMP identified the lead agent, participants and resources, and performance measures for each of the 26 action tasks. The online survey of voter households described and illustrated each action task and asked survey respondents to rate the priority of each task for promoting tourism's economic benefits on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the lowest priority and 5 the highest. The scores were combined and weighted where 2.50 or lower was considered a lowest priority, 2.50-3.00 a low to moderate priority, 3.00-3.50 moderate to high priority, and 3.5+ the highest priority. Voting households rated all the action tasks 3.0+ or moderate to high and most 3.5+ high to highest with the highest being promoting farmers' markets at 4.06. 3. Contribution to specific planning technologies The TMP process used the following technologies: ■ Extensive public involvement - of tourists, residents, and voter households, the LTAC, PAC, and tourist interest groups in surveys, workshops, and open houses to review the inventory of tourist assets and destinations, visitation trends, market area potentials, economic impacts, public opinions, available resources, and necessary action tasks to effectively realize tourism's economic benefits. ■ Comprehensive inventory - focusing on geotourism's environment, heritage, agriculture, culture, and recreation segments. The geotourism definition created a more focused and thorough inventory of all of Grant County's assets then would have been more likely if the inventory had not been so focused and analytical. ■ Trends analysis - of visitation using data from: ■ State of Washington (SWT) Datafy visitor statistics model for the North Central Region (Kittitas, Chelan, Grant, and Okanogan Counties), ■ Washington State Parks annual visitation numbers for overnight and day -use visitors, ■ Grant County Public Utility District (PUD) recreation area visitor statistics, ■ Grant County Fairgrounds & Moses Lake Roundup attendance data, ■ Placer.ai data for Grand Coulee Dam, Moses Mud Flats & Sand Dunes, The Gorge Amphitheater as well as for Moses Lake Mud Flats and Sand Dunes, The Gorge Amphitheater, Grant County Fairgrounds & Moses Lake Roundup, Crescent Bar Recreation Area, Sun Lakes -Dry Falls State Park, and Steamboat Rock State Park, and ■ LTAC annual revenues. These sources combined provided a comparison of Grant County's tourism attendance volumes and trends. Datafy and Placer.ai in particular, which are based on cell phone tracking, provide comparable data between destinations of the number of return visits, minutes spent at the site, volume compared to 3 previous years, persons per household, median age, percent Hispanic, household income, per capita income, college degree, and married couples useful in building tourist profiles. ■ Marketing analysis - State of Washington Tourism's (SWT) 2023-2024 "True to Nature" campaign was designed to promote the state as a travel destination by showcasing diverse natural landscapes and encouraging visitors to engage in authentic, transformative experiences in urban and rural areas. SWT produced and hosted a series of #TrueToNature YouTube videos from 0.60 to 2.48 minutes in duration highlighting Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page 5 different activity interests in places throughout the state. SWT measured the effectiveness of the state's advertising campaign evaluating the return on investment (ROI) and other impacts. The research quantified the incremental travel that can be attributed to the campaign, and the resulting economic benefits. Unaware households are considered the baseline that would occur without advertising. Any travel above that baseline by ad -aware households is considered influenced, or incremental. The campaign generated a travel increment of 3.2%. meaning 16.4% of ad -aware consumers traveled to Washington State, compared to 13.2% of unaware consumers. Advertising influenced Washington State travel including the decision to visit the state, but also effectively showcased the state's tourism product, leading to longer, more active trips with higher average visitor spending. SWT's findings were incorporated into Grant County's TMP strategies accordingly. ■ Economic impact assessment - were determined using data generated by Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO) 2022 diary -based survey of age -specific recreation participation, frequency, and location statistics, RCO's 2020 Economic Contribution of Outdoor Recreation in Washington State's expenditure data, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 2023 expenditure data by industry. The impact analysis projects the total outdoor recreation volumes, expenditures, direct, indirect, and induced value added in jobs, income, and tax revenue currently and possible depending on how effective Grant County is in attracting and growing tourism in each and all geotourism sectors. 4. Furtherance of GMA Grant County's TMP addresses issues inherent to GMA including environmental preservation and sustainability, history and culture, agriculture, recreation, economic development, public facilities, and capital programming. The TMP process included extensive public outreach to identify issues and priorities of concern to Grant County residents and business interests including retention and recruitment of tourist -oriented businesses, employment, and volunteer opportunities. S . Suitability of the solution to the problem or context The geotourism approach of identifying environmental, cultural, historical, agricultural, and recreational tourism sectors helped identify and protect these Grant County attributes as critical to economic development as well as for the enjoyment of residents. Public surveys also indicated how integrated county residents are in the ownership, employment, and volunteerism of the tourism economy and the priorities residents place on retaining and growing this industry. 6. Innovative and/or creative solution or project, and demonstration of applicability to other projects The extensive public involvement, comprehensive inventory, marketing analysis, and economic impact assessments provided Grant County TMP participants an effective strategic approach that can be replicated by other jurisdictions involved in similar economic planning efforts. Grant County Commissioners recently adopted the TMP and is currently recruiting a Marketing Manager to coordinate implementation of the 26 action tasks. Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page Ir f i j�r .- itil�Vri 1 r;.�..M. • t -, Oregon Lair Li R= Montwia !MiWMUt s Idalic Ice Aga Floods 1. Nat1o14I Goologic Trail Y 4:onn!N tlnrg Troa ' Leap h Spur Trutt Arm mr lesprrtnt Ph kr -W 1 '1xxlls u :� '.. 'JO ' lbcrita utln4t7rw1 Ice Age Floods f ate. *% ' - t •,. » ,. Dry Falls with seep lakes in the distance Wanapum men during a Waashat Feast Lenore Caves Archaeologic Site Grant County Tourism Master Plan (TMP) - Page 7 1 � .r,� N-Z do ,r 30 - �► r,'' '"kill , i t f air. �.—+— "'*�." . �, `� -C • .�r_ - _� �+yt' arm, . SAM tv _ ,� �'^�'�� Y.. '�) �. S� r '� � ��, fir.'..` � �'�`.-7".•- •h, .fit • •� '' t' -1 si jj ,' • to 216 i• •�. Ipi y y �a: r y LY 1 h. w or or wh I qM6 :me, O.N. 1�4 OF IP ow3 i • % t* _ .a h ow + TTTT q JAN all f� _ .• �. �'15 • . ..' '�y � 7 �s, ad• Vic,. 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Manell <cemanell@grantcountywa.gov>; Rob Jones <rjones@grantcountywa.gov> 1 2 attachments (5 MB) 2026 APAPAW Award Grant County Tourism Master Plan.pdf, 2026 Grant County Award draft letter.docx; **EXTERNAL EMAIL** This email originated from outside Grant County's network. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Rob and Caitlin We would like to apply for an award from the APAPAW (American Planning Association and Planning Association of Washington) for your Tourism Master Plan (TMP) now that you have adopted it. The awards are selected on a competitive basis and depend on what other plans and projects are submitted and who is on the selection jury. We won an award for the Kittitas County Tourism Plan from the APA County Division and hope we can win an award for your TMP also. have attached a letter of recommendation that you can edit as you wish. If you agree to submit your TMP, please sign and return the letter to me to be included in the submittal. We appreciate the time you both spent working with us on your TMP and hope to have the opportunity to work with you again. Tom On Jul 16, 2026, at 8:43 AM, Caitlin E. Manell <cemanell@grantcountywa.gov> wrote: Hello, The Board has adopted the Grant County Tourism Master Plan, as of Tuesday, 7/14. Thank you for your work on this project! Caitlin E. Manell Clerk of the Board Grant County Commissioners Office PO Box 37 35 C Street NW Ephrata, WA 98823 Phone: 509-754-2011 ext. 2931 Cell: 509-450-4444 Fax: 509-754-6098 *Please be advised that ernails to the Board of Countv Coininissioners and staff may be subject t0 public recof ds eauestS pace sLcant to RCW' 42.56. From: Tom Beckwith <beckwith(@beckwithconsult.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 4:59 PM To: Caitlin E. Manell <cemanell(?grantcountywa.gov> Subject: Re: Tourism Master Plan **EXTERNAL EMAIL** This email originated from outside Grant County's network. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Ok, thanks Caitlin for all of your help on this project. Tom On Jul 7, 2026, at 4:57 PM, Caitlin E. Manell <cemanell@grantcountywa.gov> wrote: Hello, This will be before the Board next week for their final review and action. Thanks! Caitlin E. Manell