Ready for Spring...and Summer
(Talk of the Town photo by Jennifer Zartman Romano) The doors of several livestock barns at the Whitley County 4-H Fairgrounds were opened last Saturday as customers arrived to pick up their summertime items...boats, RVs, sports cars. The storage project utilizes space the 4-H fairgrounds that would otherwise go unused during the winter months -- renting that space, by the square foot, to those in the community needing covered, locked storage space during the winter months. Proceeds from the project, which was expanded this year to include additional space, supports 4-H programs. The longer term storage will release items in May.
This weekend, preparations continued at the fairgrounds for the annual King Spring Tractor Auction. Some of the space previously occupied by the winter storage will be used during the auction next week.
Prices for short term storage during the 2007-2008 season was 75 cents per square foot (releasing in mid-March) while longer term storage was $1 per square foot and releases in mid-May. An additional option for some people was covered, open air storage for 45 cents a square foot. The fairgrounds typically begins receiving items and signing storage contracts in late October each year.
For more information about winter storage at the 4-H Fairgrounds, contact the storage program's coordinator Tom Zeisig at 229-1516.