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Riders urge Boulder County to restore public winter "open ride" at county fairgrounds amid dispute over lease fee
Summary
Representatives of the Boulder County Riders Fund and the Boulder County Horse Association urged commissioners to make the Fairgrounds indoor arena available for nonprofit winter riding sessions and asked staff to clarify a quoted daily lease rate that they said conflicts with the fairgrounds policy manual.
Cindy Johnson and Carmen Porter told the Board of County Commissioners that community groups have pursued reinstating "open ride" sessions at the Boulder County Fairgrounds indoor arena during winter months and that nonprofits, including the YMCA and Riders Fund, expressed willingness to lease and manage the facility.
Johnson said advocacy efforts produced a unanimous June approval by commissioners to move forward with a…
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