Wednesday, June 30, 2010

FAIRGROUNDS MASTER PLAN CONCEPT PRESENTED TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THIS WEEK

June 21, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT: Dale Bickell
Chief Administrative Officer
Missoula County
258-4229
dbickell@co.missoula.mt.us

Missoula, MT - Missoula County continues its work with consultants
Crandall Arambula on the Fair Master Plan Concept. Crandall Arambula
will be in Missoula at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23rd to present the
preferred concept to the County Commissioners at their public meeting in
room 201 of the Courthouse Annex. The Commissioners will also hear
from new Fairgrounds Director, Steve Earle on implementation and citizen
participation plans for the future, including at this year's Fair.
Interested members of the public are encouraged to join the
Commissioners on Wednesday, June 23rd at 3:00 p.m. in room 201 of the
Courthouse Annex to view the presentation of the Fair Master Plan
Concept. Project information and documents are available on the fair's website: www.westernmontanafair.com/FAIR_PLANNING.HTML.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

MISSOULA COUNTY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE NEW FAIRGROUNDS DIRECTOR

April 29th, 2010


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Steve Johnson
Human Resources Director
Missoula County
239-4128 sjohnson@co.missoula.mt.us

Missoula, MT – Missoula County is pleased to announce that Steve Earle
has accepted the position of Fairgrounds Director. Steve currently works
as the general manager for Mountain Line, the Missoula Urban
Transportation District and will start his new position on July 1st. The
County Commissioners and Selection Committee interviewed five strong
finalists for the position earlier this week.
“We’re thrilled Steve has accepted the position with the County,”
commented Chief Administrative Officer, Dale Bickell. “Steve’s strong
connection to the community and proven track record in public sector
management and capital planning will be a tremendous asset to the
Western Montana Fair and Missoula County.
Among the new director’s first duties will be to complete the Fairgrounds
planning process the County started last year. “I am excited to continue
the discussion with the community on how the fairgrounds and the fair
itself will look over the next 20 years and how we can implement those
changes” commented Earle.