Garfield County is excited to announce they have received a Notice of Award for federal tourism grant dollars through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, in the amount of $435,000. These funds were recently awarded by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. The total project is proposed to be $745,000, with local matching funds of $310,000 being contributed to the project.
This construction project will provide significant improvements to the Fair Association’s grounds, and expand opportunities for all fairground visitors to attend and enjoy Nebraska’s Big Rodeo and other important events at the fairgrounds.
Garfield County will be partnering with the Garfield County Frontier Fair Association on this project to improve fair and rodeo grounds, which will include the replacement of wind-damaged bleachers; construct bathrooms; pour concrete for boxed seating, walkways, concession area and parking; and construct a cover for safety of visitors. This project will provide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility and will also benefit those persons with mobility issues.
“We are very grateful for being awarded the tourism grant funds for the Garfield County Frontier Fair Association project,” comments Scott Krause, Garfield County Board Chairman,” and look forward to the valuable improvements that will be made at the fairgrounds with these funds.”
We want to extend a tremendous thanks to the Nebraska Department of Economic Development and the Nebraska Tourism Commission for the grant funding and their support of this project. We also received tremendous support for this project from a number of local groups and organizations.
Garfield County and the Garfield County Frontier Fair Association worked with the Central Nebraska Economic Development District to apply for the grant funds, and will continue our relationship with the District to oversee and administer the federal grant funds and project. Tourism improvement activities will begin as soon as the County receives the official Release of Funds for the grant from the State.
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