4-H Group Plans $70,000 Bathhouse at Clark County Fairgrounds
Clark County Board Meeting | April 17, 2026
Article Summary: Volunteers updated the Clark County Board on Friday, April 17, 2026, about improvements at the Clark County Fairgrounds and said the next project is a new restroom and bathhouse estimated at $70,000. The board took no action; the item was an informational presentation.
Fairgrounds 4-H Project Key Points:
- BJ Titus and Fred Morecraft told the board about fairgrounds projects completed with volunteers and donations.
- Phase one focused on improving the existing livestock barns; phase two focused on improving the overall 4-H experience.
- For 2026, the 4-H Facility Improvement Committee and the Clark County Fair Board decided to do a new restroom and bathhouse, estimated at $70,000.
- Clark County 4-H has approximately 300 members. No county board action was taken.
CLARK COUNTY — Volunteers behind a run of improvements at the Clark County Fairgrounds told the county board on Friday, April 17, 2026, that their next project is a new restroom and bathhouse carrying a $70,000 estimate.
BJ Titus, along with Fred Morecraft, updated the board on all of the new projects at the fairgrounds that have been completed with volunteers and donations. Phase one concentrated on improving the existing livestock barns. Phase two focused on improving the overall 4-H experience.
For 2026, the 4-H Facility Improvement Committee and the Clark County Fair Board decided to do a new restroom and bathhouse. Estimates for the new facility are $70,000, according to the minutes. Clark County 4-H has approximately 300 members.
The agenda listed the item as “BJ Titus to Talk About the Latest Project at the Clark County Fairgrounds for 4H.” No motion or vote appears in the minutes, and the record does not indicate that the presenters asked the county for money or that the board offered any.
The minutes do not record how the $70,000 would be raised, a construction timeline, who prepared the estimate, or board members’ reaction. Titles for Titus and Morecraft are not given in the minutes, and neither appears on the meeting’s attendance list.
The presentation was one of two items at the meeting touching county facilities and volunteers rather than county spending; the board took no action on either.
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