Pickaway County Fair To Proceed, With Modifications

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The Pickaway County Fair Board unanimously passed a motion to carry through with a plan for a full fair June 20th – 27th with some modifications.

In a meeting broadcast live by The Scioto Post on Facebook Saturday, Fair Board President Von Cremeans presented “Plan A, Modified” to the board at the Pickaway Agriculture and Event Center Saturday.

“Plan A, Modified” is a full fair” said Cremeans “with all the social distancing requirements, all the Governor’s guidelines… We’ve worked hard with the Health Department, we’ve had our ups and our downs, but we’ve come together.”

Thursday, Governor Mike DeWine announced amusement parks and water parks  will be permitted to open for the season June 19th as long as they practice the guidelines presented by the State. The Pickaway County Fair opens June 20th.

“It’s time to m one on” said Cremeans. “But we are going to have a full fair.”

The plan includes nightly grandstand entertainment which appears to be coming together. “We might be able to do half of it – we might be able to use it all – we don’t know yet” added Cremeans. 

Each week, the Governor’s reopening of Ohio broadens, which has had summer event planners such as county fairs scrambling. 

The Pickaway County Fair is working on an agreement with a new company for amusement rides. According to Cremeans, the previous provider opted out of doing the fair this year. 

“The whole thing is gonna look different” said Cremeans as he reminded those at Saturday’s meeting. “We’re gonna need cooperation from everybody in this grandstand, everybody on the fairgrounds, so we can get through it and have a great fair.”

The modifications for events, shows, livestock sales and more will be announced on the Pickaway County Fair’s Facebook Page, with the documents added to the fair website with each announcement.

The Fair Board will meet again at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday June 8th at 7pm.

PICKAWAY COUNTY FAIR WEBSITE