By CHRIS COLLINS

(undated) – Some good news today for organizers of local fairs and festivals. The recently-passed American Rescue Plan Act includes a $4 million dollar fund to reimburse fairs which lost money when they were forced to close in 2020 because of the COVID 19 pandemie. Around 40 local fairs could benefit from the fund, which cost a number of those events tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue.