NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas State Fair General Manager Bryan Schulz is going to have a meeting next month to talk about the future of what will be the old fire station once the new one is finished in May.
"We have started the conversation with all of our emergency people in the city, the fire, the police, sheriff, all those groups, about possibly making that into an emergency command center during fair time and also other times during the year, when we need it," Schulz said.
It's still unclear what direction those conversations will go.
"We're looking at maybe enlarging the space for the Highway Patrol," Schulz said. "Maybe moving the VIN inspection over to that area. Our team is kind of cramped into our quarters. This is all conversation. We're not sure what is going to happen. Initially, that building was going to be torn down and that was going to become more parking and more vendor space for the fairgrounds."
This spot was once conceptualized when Robin Jennison was fair manager as a potential spot for a hotel property on the fairgrounds, but with a new hotel project moving to town now anyway, it remains to be seen if any additional sites in or around the grounds will be looked at long term.
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