A week after a very successful 2016 WNC Mountain State Fair closed at the WNC Ag Center in Fletcher, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler told WHKP News that more improvements are coming to the facility on the busy Highway 280 across from the Asheville Regional Airport.
With improvements already underway, and in some cases already completed, to the arenas and other parts of the Ag Center, Troxler told WHKP News, ion an exclusive interview, that parking is the big issue at the Ag Center.
The venue needs another one thousand parking spaces, said Troxler, and immediate steps are being taken for 500 more.
He said the Ag Center, which provides a large agricultural and economic boost to Western North Carolina, will be working with the airport and other entities in the area to make more parking for the Ag Center available.
The AG Commissioner also told WHKP News that visitors to the Ag Center will soon see the entire facility re-paved for further enhance parking and better access.
Troxler said he is committed to keeping agricultural research stations, such as the one on Old Fanning Bridge Road in Mills River, funded by the General Assembly and open. Research, he said, is vital to the future of agriculture.
Even with shrinking acreage in production as farm land in the state, under his leadership, North Carolina’s Department of Agriculture is taking steps to ensure the future of small family farms in the state…and the Ag Commissioner cites the “Got To Be NC” program as an example.
Troxler and the Ag Department have also been deeply involved in procuring and securing the future of the “donut hole” in Dupont State Forest.
Hear the full conversation with NC Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler and WHKP News Director Larry Freeman Saturday morning October 1st at 7:30 and Sunday morning October 2nd at 10:05 on WHKP AM 1450 and FM 107.7 and on your computer at whkp.com (Listen Live).
