Small community, youth fairs gain funding from empathetic, unanimous legislators

Financial help for community and youth fairs has advanced through the state legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature to unleash the funding resource.

The measure sailed through both House and Senate with no opposition despite operating budget proposals aimed at drastically cutting money to the state’s Fair Fund.

Minority Caucus Vice Chair, Rep. Judy Warnick (R-Moses Lake) is prime sponsor of House Bill 2356, which allows organizers of small community and youth fairs to request capital funding for health and safety projects.

“We realized that the smaller fairs, which are struggling j...