By JULIE E. GREENE
Staff Writer
Hagerstown City Council members unanimously approved a contract to buy the Hagerstown Fairgrounds from a nonprofit group for $1.35 million on Tuesday night.
The contract to buy the 68.26 acres from Community Center Inc., a subsidiary of the Hagerstown-Washington County Industrial Foundation, should be settled by Jan. 31, said Planning Director Ric Kautz.
The $1.35 million will reimburse the foundation for buying and maintaining the fairgrounds since 1993, when the group bought it to protect green space in the city's core.