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Three County Fair closes office, furloughs employees in pandemic
James Przypek, the general manager of the Three County Fair Grounds on Thursday, February 4, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
James Przypek, general manager of the Three County Fair, at the fairgrounds in Northampton, Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 2/4/2021 8:11:23 PM
NORTHAMPTON After losing more than $1 million in revenue in 2020, the Three County Fair closed its office for the winter and furloughed most of its employees at the end of the year.
Because of the pandemic, the fair, the oldest continuously running agricultural fair in the country, wasn’t able to hold many events last year.
Three County Fair in Northampton announces furloughs, pay cuts; officials plead for upcoming shows to go on
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
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NORTHAMPTON The Three County Fair said Wednesday that it’s instituting a 14% pay cut for senior management and staggered furloughs for all employees to close a budget gap created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Furloughs could be extended if the fairgrounds are unable to host events this spring that were postponed in 2020.
Those events include over a dozen different horse shows from April through October 2020, plus a variety of concerts and festivals, according to James Przypek, general manager of the Three County Fair.