Poll: What Should We Do With Fair Park? Turn it over to a private foundation or let the city continue to run it? By Jason Heid Published in FrontBurner June 7, 2016 9:29 am SMS “Fair Park(ing Lots)” would be a better description of much of the place. (Photo by Elizabeth Lavin) This week Fair Park is celebrating its 80th anniversary. While the State Fair of Texas remains a much-beloved annual event, there have increasingly been questions about how the fair’s organization operates and whether its domination of this important public space is a net good for the city. Under consideration also is a proposal to turn over management of Fair Park to a nonprofit foundation — which in turn would ask the city to significantly increase its financial commitment. What do you think should happen? Online Poll @ FluidSurveys.com… Survey Software by FluidSurveys
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