Fairgrounds management to transition to county parks dept
MOHAVE COUNTY – Decades of operation of the Mohave County Fairgrounds by the Fair Association is likely coming to an end. Member Travis Lingenfelter’s proposal to bring the fairgrounds under the management umbrella of the Parks Department was approved during Monday’s Mohave County board of supervisors meeting. “It’s time to fix the problem,” Lingenfelter said. Lingenfelter said the Fair Association that manages the 68-acre fairgrounds property in Kingman through an agreement with the county has failed to adhere to a business plan adopted in 2016. “I didn’t even know it existed until 2:30 yesterday afternoon,” Fair Association Chairman Jerry McGuire conceded. “We had no idea, our board,…