State fair continues to build attendance

John Rose, chairman of the Tennessee State Fair Association, said this week the 2015 fair continued an upward trend with regard to attendance initiated three years ago. "We are focused as an all volunteer board on making the State Fair an educational, agricultural, entertainment and family welcoming event," Rose said, "Because of this we are seeing more and more families in attendance, baby strollers, millennials and a broad demographic of fairgoers representing virtually all ages and income lev