Northwest News: Will consumers stick to their frugal ways?; county fairs threatened by budget cuts
Saturday, January 29, 2011, By The Oregonian
The future of dozens of county fairs in Washington are in peril, this morning's Seattle Times reports. The state's budget for fairs may get the axe and many say they won't survive.
The state typically allocates $2 million annually to a fair fund the state Department of Agriculture disburses to about 70 county, community and youth fairs across Washington.
The governor has proposed suspending the fair fund for the current fiscal year and reducing it to $500,000 for each of the next two years. The supplemental budget approved by the House on Monday would cut the fund to $550,000 for the current fiscal year and eliminate it for the next biennium.
A final decision on fair funding will be made later as the House and Senate hash out their budget plans.
Grays Harbor is one of almost 30 fairs that indicated they probably wouldn't survive if state funding is eliminated, according to a survey released this month by the Washington State Fairs Association.
The future of dozens of county fairs in Washington are in peril, this morning's Seattle Times reports. The state's budget for fairs may get the axe and many say they won't survive.
The state typically allocates $2 million annually to a fair fund the state Department of Agriculture disburses to about 70 county, community and youth fairs across Washington.
The governor has proposed suspending the fair fund for the current fiscal year and reducing it to $500,000 for each of the next two years. The supplemental budget approved by the House on Monday would cut the fund to $550,000 for the current fiscal year and eliminate it for the next biennium.
A final decision on fair funding will be made later as the House and Senate hash out their budget plans.
Grays Harbor is one of almost 30 fairs that indicated they probably wouldn't survive if state funding is eliminated, according to a survey released this month by the Washington State Fairs Association.
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