Gate receipts were up 4.7 percent and overall income increased 6 percent at the Southeast Alaska State Fair, executive director Jessica Edwards told members at the group’s annual meeting Aug. 29.
Exhibits were down slightly, Edwards said in an interview last week.
Edwards said there were “no obvious trends” in results from this year’s fair. Overall income includes revenues from vendors, beer gardens, rides, contests and merchandise.
The ferry schedule worked to the fair’s favor…