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		<title>Consultant Outlines Fair Hill Horse Park Plan; Improvements, New Arena Could Cost $24 Million</title>
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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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