Article: In talking stage Holmes fairgrounds, expo center may combine

By KATY GANZ

Staff Writer

MILLERSBURG -- Before the Holmes County Expo Center opened there were plans to move the county fairgrounds and build a convention center on the new site.

May's announcement that the Holmes County Expo Center would close after only a year in business, brought back discussion of a combined fairgrounds and expo center.

The fair board received $200,000 in 2008 to relocate the fairgrounds. To keep the funding, the board has to remove structures that are in the flood way.

Fair board President Kerry Taylor said the board has had no solid conversations with prospective land owners. But, the board has been approached by parties interested in building a combination expo ...

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