“Details of those plans will be shared in the weeks to come, as they are laid out,” the fair board wrote in the post. “Decisions will be made based on considering the public safety, in coordination with the Butler County Health Department, while maintaining fiscal responsibility.”
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The fair was first held in 1851. Planning for this year’s event, which was set to run July 26 to Aug. 1, were the Butler County Agricultural Society Board of Directors, its support staff and the Butler County office of the Ohio State University Extension.
The next Senior Fair Board Meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 9.
The 2020 Ohio State Fair, which originally was slated to run from July 29 to August 9 in Columbus, was canceled last week due to concerns about spreading the coronavirus. The very first planned state fair was canceled in September 1849 due to an outbreak of Asiatic cholera.
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