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June 9, 2016
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With World Pork Expo in full swing, the fairgrounds have been a bit crazy. Coming from a livestock background, events like this get me fired up. I love seeing people from all over the world come to the east side of Des Moines to learn and partake in all the activities the World Pork Expo has to offer. With a large event like this and the State Fair of course, the Fairgrounds use an unbelievable amount of energy.

Recently, the Fairgrounds electrical department was fortunate enough to participate in a rebate program through MidAmerican Energy and received a $71,300 check. The Fair was able to accept 568 LED two inch by four inch troughers that have little to no maintenance and last up to 8 years. To be considered for this program, the fixtures had to be bought by December 2015. The troughers don’t have light bulbs so they don’t require a great amount of upkeep. The William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building will be the home for all 568 of the lights. In order to be able to put the LED lights in a building, they have a requirement that the lights have to burn for 1,000 hours. Since the William C. Knapp Varied Industries Building is highly used, it qualified for the program.

The William C. Knapp Varied Industries is also where the Blue Ribbon Foundation holds their upcoming Corndog Kickoff Benefit Auction and Fair Food Grazing Party. Be sure to check out the new lights that MidAmerican Energy has supplied to the Fair. If you haven’t purchased your tickets, be sure to do that at http://blueribbonfoundation.org/events/corndog-kickoff, by calling (800)450-3732 or at the door the night of the event. 

Charlie Crawford, Robin, and Mitch Frazier - Key Account Manager for MidAmerican

(Inside the Varied Industries Building at the World Pork Expo)

-Francesca