The Boone County Fair is coming back to Columbia in 2020 after the county struck a deal last week with the city to transfer its 134-acre fairground.
Officials for the Columbia Parks and Recreation Department confirmed that they are looking into what tasks need to be completed to prepare the fairgrounds for the fair and how the fairgrounds transfer will affect the event.
Boone County Fair President Jeff Cook told KMIZ on Tuesday that the fair would be returning to Columbia.
The city of Sturgeon has hosted the event for the past four years in a 15-acre park. Before that, the county-owned Central Missouri Events Center had hosted it since 1992.
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