Norfolk District to participate in Virginia State Fair

Posted September 15, 2010
By Jerry Rogers
Norfolk District Public Affairs

09/15/2010 - Norfolk — Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will join more than 300 statewide businesses, local, state and government agencies, and civic organizations at the 2010 Virginia State Fair Sept. 23 to Oct. 3, at Meadow Event Park, Doswell, Va.

Since 1854, Virginia's State Fair has featured the finest exhibits and shows, toe-tapping music, fine arts and crafts, animals and agriculture, blue-ribbon competitions and more.

With the fair's theme, "Green Space," Norfolk District's exhibit will include its updated command display featuring a visual composite of the district's diverse missions. The district exhibit will also feature banners depicting the Corps' regulatory, civil and military jurisdiction boundaries within the Commonwealth of Virginia, along with a new, visually-appealing recruiting banner and Social Media poster. Handouts include district project brochures, school-age, eco-friendly coloring books and various district branding items displaying the Corps logo, website and Facebook addresses.

According to fair organizers, due to significant coverage regarding environmental issues in the media and in our school educational programs, the public is even more interested in seeing what business, industry and non-profit organizations are researching, developing, or implementing to improve the quality of our environment.

District experts will also be available each day to answer questions and explain the Corps' mission, as well as offer environmental solutions to protect our natural resources.

Norfolk District has a unique opportunity to educate up to 600,000 area citizens on its goals, functions and missions, especially those programs and initiatives that protect and restore the Commonwealth's environment as well as advance our nation's economy, said officials here.