Future of the Downtown Lima Square Fair Festival

The Square Fair in downtown Lima has been a staple in the community for more than 25 years -- but for the past couple years the event was put on hiatus.

The annual festival started by the Council for the Arts of Lima brought in big acts over the year from Brownsville Station to Crystal Bowersock. The event is also a way to highlight the arts and culture throughout the community, but it came to a halt when sponsors and supporters of the event started dwindling. The deadline is closing-in on board members to decide if the festival will make its way downtown this August.

"Currently we're negotiating and talking to different organizations in downtown Lima trying to find an organization or committee of people that would like to take on getting involved and potentially taking over square fair along with us. We just need an organization or a group of people behind it because it's bigger than just a half a dozen people," Dennis Baker, Lima Square Fair board member, said.

He says it's starting to get late in the season to hire entertainment. The board had a meeting last week with several organizations. They hope to have a decision made by sometime next week on whether or not the festival will take place.