The Annual Meeting of The Afton Driving Park and Agricultural Association, Inc.
The annual meeting of the Afton Driving Park will take place on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM in the Susquehanna Room of the Afton Community Center. We encourage all stockholders to attend the meeting, get information on our 2009 successes, and discuss the challenges facing us in 2010. The Board of Directors is an all-volunteer group whose goal is to maintain and make improvements to the Afton Driving Park and The Afton Fair each year. We are seeking additional volunteers to help us face this challenge. We welcome constructive criticism and are interested in hearing your ideas. More information: http://www.theaftonfair.com/ or our most recent newsletter: http://www.theaftonfair.com/newsletters.shtml
Advertising Opportunities for the 2010 Afton Fair
The advertising package for the 2010 Afton Fair has been uploaded to the website. You can purchase an advertising package for the fair, advertise on our website or advertise in our newsletter. For full information visit: http://www.theaftonfair.com/sponsorship.shtml
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Latest Newsletter available on the website
The latest newsletter of the Afton Driving Park and Agricultural Association is now available on the Afton Fair website as a pdf document. It includes a letter to stockholders concerning the upcoming annual meeting as well as some highlights from 2009. There is also an article about the 2010 Afton Fair Floral Hall Cookbook.
http://www.theaftonfair.com/newsletters.shtml
Check it out!
Thanks, REB
http://www.theaftonfair.com/newsletters.shtml
Check it out!
Thanks, REB
Saturday, November 7, 2009
An Introduction to the Afton Fair
The Afton Fair will be held for the 121st year in July of 2010. It is an agricultural fair and is located in Afton, in Chenango County, New York. Afton is located approximately 25 miles northeast of Binghamton, NY, 120 southeast of Albany, NY and 27 miles south of Norwich, NY.
Afton is a small village that has a school, Afton Central School, some small businesses, a grocery store, a hardware store, a post office, a veterinarian hospital/clinic, 2 bars, 3 or 4 restaurants, and the Afton Driving Park and Agricultural Association, Inc., the not-for-profit organization that plans and manages the main event of the year, The Afton Fair. Afton is located right off of interstate 88, and the Afton Fairgrounds can be seen from the highway.
The purpose of this blog is to make as many people as possible aware of the Afton Fair exists, and to hopefully get more people to bring their families to the fair.
Our challenges include a low budget for advertising, which is the reason I am utilizing a blog to hopefully get out the word to more people. Another challenge we have is that we compete with The Chenango County Fair, located in Norwich, NY, the Otsego County Fair in Morris, NY, The Delaware County Fair in Walton, NY, The Broome County Fair in Whitney Point, NY and the Lumberjack Festival in Deposit, NY. All of these events are within 50 miles of Afton, however are spread out throughout the summer. These events seem to get all the sponsors, while we have struggled for years to get sponsors for our fair.
We have launched an extensive campaign to get sponsors this year. Sponsorships are very important to an Agricultural Fair. In order to be able to take the risk of bringing in the events and shows that people want to see, we need to have a good portion of it paid for. Charging for grandstand events will pay for part of it, however with our current attendance numbers, we cannot count on grandstand fees alone.
Stay tuned for updates about the 2010 Afton Fair as we dive into planning the event!
Afton is a small village that has a school, Afton Central School, some small businesses, a grocery store, a hardware store, a post office, a veterinarian hospital/clinic, 2 bars, 3 or 4 restaurants, and the Afton Driving Park and Agricultural Association, Inc., the not-for-profit organization that plans and manages the main event of the year, The Afton Fair. Afton is located right off of interstate 88, and the Afton Fairgrounds can be seen from the highway.
The purpose of this blog is to make as many people as possible aware of the Afton Fair exists, and to hopefully get more people to bring their families to the fair.
Our challenges include a low budget for advertising, which is the reason I am utilizing a blog to hopefully get out the word to more people. Another challenge we have is that we compete with The Chenango County Fair, located in Norwich, NY, the Otsego County Fair in Morris, NY, The Delaware County Fair in Walton, NY, The Broome County Fair in Whitney Point, NY and the Lumberjack Festival in Deposit, NY. All of these events are within 50 miles of Afton, however are spread out throughout the summer. These events seem to get all the sponsors, while we have struggled for years to get sponsors for our fair.
We have launched an extensive campaign to get sponsors this year. Sponsorships are very important to an Agricultural Fair. In order to be able to take the risk of bringing in the events and shows that people want to see, we need to have a good portion of it paid for. Charging for grandstand events will pay for part of it, however with our current attendance numbers, we cannot count on grandstand fees alone.
Stay tuned for updates about the 2010 Afton Fair as we dive into planning the event!
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