Fair board receives grant from Heartland REC

Cherokee County Fair Board members Aaron Asher, Terry North and Brad Wells accepted a check for $5,000 from Heartland REC representative Doug Graham, to improve accessibility at the fairgrounds in Columbus. Courtesy photo.
Cherokee County Fair Board members Aaron Asher, Terry North and Brad Wells accepted a check for $5,000 from Heartland REC representative Doug Graham, to improve accessibility at the fairgrounds in Columbus. Courtesy photo.

Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative (HREC) has presented a $5,000 Concern for Community grant to the Cherokee County Fair Foundation to improve accessibility at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds in Columbus.

The grant will fund new concrete surfacing in and around the show arena and livestock areas, making those spaces smoother and easier to navigate for wheelchair users and patrons with mobility is…