3legged_lab wrote:That's kind of my point - its the OREGON waterfowl festival and they are catering to the Portland/Washington crowd. Contrary to what the Portland residents think the state does not revolve around the northern border. Saying that it needs to be held up there to make it easy for Washington residents to attend is as ignorant as saying it needs to be in Medford to accommodate for the Californians. Why not? Its on the I-5 corridor.
JR,
It takes Volunteers, vendors and the people who come to the OWF to pay for the OWF. All three of those things were lacking when ever they have headed south.
It's been discussed and, everytime people want it more central, none of them are willing to take it over, run it or even volunteer to help out.
It takes quite a bit of effort to throw this thing together. This years fest started in the planning and reorganization just a couple days after the fest last year(which almost didn't happen).
If you know of someone up to the challenge, I'm sure the current board would be willing to listen to them.
If the right commiunity got behind it, it could be a good moneymaker for that community.