County Celebrates Bicentennial Groundbreaking

The Times photo by Betsy Reason

Hamilton County 4-H’ers joined in a Bicentennial Groundbreaking at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville Thursday morning with Hamilton County Commissioners Mark Heirbrandt, Christine Altman and Steve Dillinger, Hamilton County Council liaison Sue Maki, County Extension Director Susan L. Peterson and Hamilton County Extension Board president Jane Sipe. The Fairgrounds will be rebranded as The Silos at 37 Hamilton County: 4-H Fairgrounds and Events Center. The initial phase will cost $26.5 million and will include renovations, expansion and modernization of the Fairgrounds. The expansion will create a new Bicentennial Pavilion to celebrate Hamilton County’s 200th anniversary. Hamilton County The Extension board will launch a capital campaign to help with funding. The first of three construction phases will begin this fall. Read more in the Betsy Reason column in an upcoming edition of The Times.