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Williams County approves leases, advances fairgrounds feasibility plan
Summary
County staff presented an ICON Architects feasibility study and the board approved a package of leases for fairgrounds user groups, while noting parking constraints and that sales-tax revenue will not cover all desired projects.
Williams County on Nov. 18 moved to formalize long-running operations at its recently acquired fairgrounds, approving a set of lease agreements for user clubs and accepting a feasibility report that shows desired arena and ag-education facilities can fit on the site but that parking and funding will be significant constraints.
Helen (county staff) told the Board of County Commissioners the ICON Architects feasibility report confirmed “we can fit all of the things that we would anticipate doing” on the county-owned fairgrounds site, but she cautioned that “parking becomes the greatest challenge.” The schematic, she said, is high-level and not bid-ready; cost estimates on the final page were “random, kind of guesstimates” based on…
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