Dr. David Williams was elected as chairman and Joe Goggin was picked as vice chairman for the Kentucky State Fair Board.
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Work will begin next year on the first two phases of a massive expansion and renovation to the Kentucky Exposition Center, modernizing and enlarging Louisville's largest event space.
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The plan calls for redeveloping hundreds of thousands of square feet of event space and halls, as well as adding 12 synthetic soccer fields.
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It would enhance exhibits, redevelop hundreds of thousands of square feet of event space and halls, and add 12 synthetic soccer field at the northwest corner of the property.
The board is working on plans for how to use millions of dollars it has been allocated from the state's budget.
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A total of $200 million was allocated form the budget to the Kentucky Exposition Center.
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Attorneys for Gov. Andy Beshear argued against letting the fair board continue to operate with its current members after their win in court last week, saying that would violate the state constitution's 'bedrock separation of powers provisions.'
The Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice paid for the billboard at the Kentucky Expo Center that says "Abortion: A personal decision between you and God."
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“I don't know that any of us actually believe we'll be 100% wide-open by state fair,” said Dr. Mark Lynn, the fair board’s chairman. “But if we plan for it, it's easier to make it smaller than bigger.”
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House Bill 518 shifts appointing authority of the fair board from Beshear, a Democrat, to Republican Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles and strips the governor's ability to name a chairperson.