Love the fair? Hate the fair? Now’s your chance to say so. UAF marketing student Kimberly McMillan is conducting a survey about the Tanana Valley State Fair.
Part of the work for her applied business degree requires that she conduct a survey. “I grew up loving the fair and participating in the exhibits,” McMillan said. She heard an interview with fair manager Randi Carnahan one morning on the radio and thought it would be fun to do a project on the fair. “I was looking for a challenge,” McMillan said.
So far, McMilllan said she has received excellent feedback from the community and is pleased that people are taking the time to add comments and suggestions. Her goal is to receive 500 responses; she’s currently gotten a little over 200. “I'm hoping that with the community’s participation we can help the fair understand why attendance is dropping and what they may do to help revive the fair,” McMillan said.
Further reading:
"Tanana Valley State Fair faces $210,000 budget gap," Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Feb. 3, 2009, by Amanda Bohman
1 comment:
I go to the fair to view the exhibits and enter a few things, mostly garden produce. Have performed as part of a musical group the past four years.
The fair needs to be later in August so crops and garden produce are really ready to enter. I have heard the reason it is timed in early August is because that is when the carnival is available. That is a poor reason. I believe that is what is ruining the fair.
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