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Fairs seek help as stormwater rules, costs and lost sites squeeze events
Summary
Jackie Folsom, representing Vermont’s fairs, told the Senate Agriculture Committee that new stormwater rules, delayed ARPA grant disbursements and rising project costs threaten the viability of several county fairs.
Jackie Folsom, lobbyist and secretary for the Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association and president of the Vermont Farm Bureau, told the Senate Agriculture Committee that dozens of Vermont fairs are struggling with the state’s implementation of a federal stormwater rule, capital needs and volunteer shortages.
“We probably are gonna ask to go to the governor and have a conversation,” Folsom said, describing delays and uncertainty in releasing ARPA-funded capital grants that the legislature intended to help fairs meet new stormwater requirements.
Folsom said the federal “3-acre” rule — a stormwater requirement implemented through state permitting — was not originally conceived to apply to…
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