Allamakee County Community Foundation awards grant to Building New Traditions Campaign at Allamakee County Fairgrounds...

The Allamakee County Community Foundation (ACCF) awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 to the Building New Traditions Campaign at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds in Waukon. The Building New Traditions Campaign has been dedicated toward constructing a new, larger all-species youth livestock show barn centrally located at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds, a project that also involved relocation, elimination and transformation of some of the other livestock buildings at the Fairgrounds, with those improvements having been made and those facilities now being ready for use at this year’s Allamakee County Fair taking place this week. Pictured above at the site of the new building construction are, left to right: Allamakee County Community Foundation Board of Directors member Betsy Whitlatch, Affiliate Communications Manager for the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque Molly Moser, Allamakee County Community Foundation Board of Directors members Sheryl Evanson, Erin Iverson and Diana Johnson, Allamakee County Fair Board members Bobbi Baxter and Bethany Stock, Allamakee County Community Foundation Board member Nick Erickson, Allamakee County Fair Board members McKayla Rethamel, Miranda Bieber, Tyler Plein, Adam Bieber, Brian Kerndt and Andy Thesing, Allamakee County Community Foundation Coordinator Betty Steege, Allamakee County Fair Board member Dick Berns, and Allamakee County Community Foundation Board member Pat Cota. “Our board is so pleased with the new building and happy we could help bring it to reality,” ACCF Coordinator Betty Steege shared. “This is a great addition for the fairgrounds.” For anyone who would like to make a donation to the fairgrounds improvements project, further information and donation forms can be found on the Allamakee County Fair website at www.allamakeecountyfair.org. Submitted photo.