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On January 30, 2007, the City of Boone, Boone County and the newly formed Central Iowa Expo, Inc. were selected to be the biennial host site of the Farm Progress Show, scheduled every other year for the next twenty years on a site at the intersection of U.S. Highway 30 and Iowa Highway 17. Nearly 600 acres of farmland will be turned into a long-term facility for the nation’s largest outdoor farm show. The site will host over 500 hundred exhibitors and over 240,000 attendees over three days for the Farm Progress Show as well as be developed to host additional events, outdoor festivals, training sessions, and other recreational and educational opportunities. Boone County, the city of Boone, Boone’s Future, the Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau and three area families worked together to make the new show location possible. The central Iowa location presents many advantages to Farm Progress Show visitors and exhibitors, as well as other potential events to be held at the site. The site offers close proximity to major four-lane and interstate highways, as well as access to a wide range of hotels and restaurants. Iowa State University, a leader in agricultural education and biotechnology research, is located just a few miles away in Ames. ISU is developing its Century Farm to be located a few miles to the East, just south of the United Community School. With all of these factors as well as Iowa State University’s Extension’s role in educating the public, U.S. Highway 30 can become a great corridor to promote agriculture and bio-technology through educational transfer. |
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Ground Breaking at the Central Iowa Expo property featuring members of the CIE Board and Farm Progress Show officials. |
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Contact: Darrel Rensink—President 923 8th Street PO Box 550 Boone, IA 50036-0550 |
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Phone: (515) 432-4677 Fax: (515) 432-1542 E-mail: darrel@centraliowaexpo.com |
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The facility is being developed with the primary intent of hosting the biennial Farm Progress Show, but design and development are being implemented to plan for and accommodate additional events that will occur throughout the year that will drive the area’s tourism traffic and economic impact. Permanent restrooms, hard-surface streets and well-drained, permanent alfalfa/sod parking lots are just a few of the amenities visitors and exhibitors can look forward to at the Central Iowa Expo site in Boone. |
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VOLUNTEERS
To make Central Iowa Expo and the 2008 Farm Progress Show in Iowa a success, we need your help. Volunteers are needed.
STORY COUNTY VOLUNTEER MEETING Thurs., March 13th 5:30 PM Scheman Building Iowa State Center Corner of Lincoln Way and University Blvd. Ames, IA
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