Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine talks the 2025 Ohio State Fair

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine talks the 2025 Ohio State Fair

YOU DOWN ON 75. >> ALL THE FAIR IS, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS OF THE A BIG FARE GUY. YOU KNOW HOW SAFE YOUR IS? NO EXCEPTION. OPENING CEREMONY IS SET FOR 10:00AM AT THE OHIO EXPO CENTER OF THE COLUMBUS. THE NEW GATE IS PART OF ONGOING UPGRADES TO THE FAIRGROUNDS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIESAND PRESERVING THE HISTORY AND THE TRADITION OF THE FAIR. YEAH, THERE’S LOTS GOING ON AS THE FAIR OPENS TODAY. >> JOINING US LIVE FROM COLUMBUS BEFORE ALL THE STAND FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR BIG DAY IS YEAH. HAPPY FOR YOUR DAY. AT THE FAIR DAY. HAPPY THE FAIR IS WAKING UP BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE. >> AND WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ENTRANCE HERE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY’RE GOING TO SEE AND IT’S IT’S A GREAT DAY FOR THE FAIR. >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S START WITH THAT NEW ENTRANTS. WHAT MAKES THAT UPGRADE SO EXCITING FOR? THEY’RE GOING TO SIT THERE. >> YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING THROUGH A WHOLE KIND OF RE IMAGINING OF THE STATE FAIR AND WE’RE GOING TO FINISH AT THE UP WITH THE NEXT STATE FAIR. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE. SHE SEVERAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S IT REMAINS A GREAT, GREAT FAIR. WE USE THE FAIR. IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OHIO. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THE PLACE WHERE KIDS BRING THEIR THEIR WHERE THEY DO DO PROJECTS WITH THAT MIGHT BE SHOWING IT MIGHT BE. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUKIDS HAVE YEARS AGO. WE’RE HERE AT THE STATE FAIR FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. IT’S JUST IT’S REALLY THE BEST. THE BEST OF OHIO. FOOD IS IS GREAT. WELL, THINGS THAT WERE DUE THIS MORNING, WE OPEN UP AT 10 O’CLOCK AND I’LL HAVE SOME OF OUR GRANDKIDS HERE AND THEN WALK RIGHT DOWN TO SHIPS. I GET A CREAM PUFF. THAT’S KIND OF HOW WE ARES KICK IT OFF. WE ARE OVER THE PETTING ZOO A FEW MINUTES AGO. KIDS LOVE TO GO THERE. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AT THE OTHER END OF THE FAIR IS A PLACE WHERE KIDS CAN LEARN TO KAYAK. THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET IN THE WATER. THEY CAN. THEY LEARN TO DO THAT. THEY CAN FISH. WE ALMOST GUARANTEE THAT THEY’LL BE CATCHING SOME SO MANY THINGS TO DO WITH THE FAIR. >> ABSOLUTELY. GOVERNOR. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE FAIR LAST YEAR STARTED WITH THE REINS OF THE BUCKEYE STATE. THE GUY THAT KIND OF IMPACT IT WOULD EXPECT FOR THE HAVEOUR ECONOM >> WELL, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, CERTAINLY IN IN IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOW, YOU AWFUL. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THIS FAIR OF THE NEXT 12 DAYS RUNS THROUGH AUGUST. 3RD BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING IS IT IT IS UPLIFTING. I THINK WHEN YOU COME TO THE FAIR YOU SPENT ANYTIME YOU SEE THAT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING. IT LITERALLY IS IS THE BEST THE BEST OF OHIO AND ONE OF THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THE LAST SEVERAL TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CAREERS THEY CAN GET INTO A VERY, VERY CLOSE HERE IS IS A BUILDING OF LASHING BUILDING WHERE THEY COULD GO IN AND K-HII. IS THERE. WE ALSO HAVE NASH NASA. GLENN, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM WRIGHT PATTERSON, FORCE BASE AND KIDS CAN TALK TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. THEY CAN DO SOME EXPERIMENTATION. DO SOME THINGS DONE. WE HOPE THAT GETS KIDS EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT SCIENCE. AND THAT’S JUST ONE OF T THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO AT THE FAIR. >> ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TO GO TO FOR CONTINUED CARE. >> AGAIN, I THINK IT IS YOU KNOW, BROUWER THAT GOOD, GOOD THING AT NOON. THAT’S WHAT FOR AND I PROBABLY WILL HAVE. AND THE BUT IT ALSO THE CREAM PUFFS EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE THE NORMAL CREAM PUFFS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE IT A SPECIAL. I I THINK IT’S SET UP APPLE CINNAMON THIS YEAR WHICH WERE ANXIOUS TO DRIVE THAT. >> GOVERNOR DEWINE WITH SOME GREAT PLAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US

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