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		<title>Cecil County Budget Review Highlights Jobs (and Jabs); Fair Hill Trots Out Best to Impress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County Executive Alan McCarthy’s first budget, which boosts spending for economic development and job-creation efforts, drew scrutiny from the County Council this week as McCarthy and state officials saddled up to try to bring elite four-legged tourists and the humans who love them to the county for a potential multi-million dollar jackpot. Chris Moyer, the county’s new Director of Economic Development, told the County Council on Tuesday (4/18/2017) that the executive’s proposed budget provides a 5.7 percent increase in Fiscal 2018 over the current budget year for economic development efforts, including tourism promotion and agriculture as well as business and job development. He said his agency “fully appreciates that the county has limited resources,” but urged the council to support the budget request as one that will pay off for the county in the long run. Several of the increases would benefit the tourism promotion office, with hiring of a part-time office services assistant and a higher advertising and promotion budget. The tourism office received kudos last year for hosting the return of the Bassmaster international fishing competition to Cecil County, an event that was estimated to contribute as much as $2 million to the local economy. The tourism [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultant Outlines Fair Hill Horse Park Plan; Improvements, New Arena Could Cost $24 Million</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 20:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-awaited consultant’s report issued on Monday outlines a multi-part strategy to improve the Fair Hill equine facilities, including a new arena with grandstands to be built in the county fairgrounds area, a visitor’s center, and VIP covered seating in the current steeplechase area. The proposals would cost up to $23.9 million if all five segments were completed. The report was prepared by Crossroads Consulting Services and presented to the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB.) MHIB has been trying for many years to develop a “horse park” but in recent years has backed away from a single, new multi-use facility. Instead, the board is seeking to promote multiple equine facilities that already exist, with enhanced marketing and facility improvements to promote equine-related tourism and economic development. The earlier concept for a major single ‘horse park’ drew strong opposition from many local residents, fearful that the peaceful and multi-use aspects of Fair Hill would be overwhelmed. The state eventually settled on an Anne Arundel county location, at the old Naval Academy dairy farm, but local opposition and high costs scuttled that plan. After that debacle, state equine industry advocates shifted gears to the concept of multiple [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Tally Ho, Cecil County: New State &#8220;Horse Park&#8221; Plans to Promote Fair Hill, Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland state government is considering investing money, expertise and promotional support to enhance the equine industry and tourism in Cecil County through a new, scaled-down horse park concept that would provide enhanced marketing and promotional campaigns for three locations in the state, including Fair Hill in Cecil County. But even as state officials outlined preliminary concepts, there were already rifts evident among Cecil County commissioners. The new proposal, outlined at Tuesday’s commissioners’ worksession and in earlier emails to county officials, comes at a time that the Fair Hill Training Center—home for thoroughbred racehorses such as Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and recent Belmont Stakes winner Union Rags&#8211; have brought international recognition to the county and the unique, pastoral quality of Fair Hill. To capitalize upon that newfound recognition could bring substantial economic benefits to the county. (Union Rags is soon to be moved out of the county to Kentucky to stand at stud after the recent announcement of his retirement.) But the training center for world-class thoroughbred horses is but a small part of the sprawling Fair Hill complex, which features riding trails for amateur equestrians and hosts steeplechase races several times a year on a separate track. In 2006, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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