Now that the Fair is drawing larger crowds to the fairgrounds, the City is also enjoying tremendous growth and the expansion at the Earl Armstrong site increases the pressure on the fair to consider another site. New facilities like the Splash Wave Pool and the pending development of the Ogilvie Road Library only hastened the search for a larger space.
As the Board of Directors really feels the pressure to relocate, the Fair is invited to the Rideau Carleton Raceway where key logistics exist and plenty of space abounds. And the Board agrees to go…