In less than a week, I’ll be trading in my OLG swag for my Allen County Fairgrounds Board of Directors t-shirt. I’ll spend my week bringing joy to families by running countless events during the Allen County Fair—like Kids Day, the hot air balloon flight and glow, Art & Music Night and Little Miss coronation. There’s just something about the county fair that makes my heart light up. It was always hard for the board to put into words exactly what it meant to attend the fair. With some help [...]
Read More
In early 2019, we were approached by Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) to partner on a comprehensive brand strategy consultation. The district, made up of seven elementary schools (soon to be eight!), two middle schools and one high school is well known in our community for their academic excellence, and has been lauded at the state level for their schools’ academic and athletic performance. Each school in the district its own little community. The brand strategy exploration revealed a strong desire to show greater alignment amongst the 11 schools, truly [...]
Read More
For the past eleven years, I’ve sat on the Allen County Fairgrounds Board of Directors. Just saying “eleven years” out loud elicits many wonderful memories at my beloved county fair. So much has changed and evolved over the past decade but one thing has remained—the essence and mission of our fair. We are in the business of making memories. It doesn't matter if it is 1989 or 2019. It doesn't matter if you are nine months old, nine years old, 19 or 90. If we’ve done our job, you leave [...]
Read More
