The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Puyallup, WA · Washington
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-08-12 Aug. 12, 2020
- In force
- Aug. 12, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20
Operative words
'any fair, ours included, is a people-gathering event... That hypothesis runs contrary to the challenges of containing this pandemic.' 'based on what we currently know in the governor's phased approach to reopening the economy, this was the time to make the decision to cancel.'
The organizer's notice
COVID-19 Statement: 2020 Washington State Fair Canceled
Notes
2020: Cancelled (statement posted by Aug. 12, 2020). 2021: Held Sept. 3-26, 2021 under the Secretary of Health's reinstated indoor face-covering order (20-03.4, effective Aug. 23, 2021) and the outdoor-event face-covering orders for gatherings of 500 or more (20-03.5 and Proclamation 20-25.17, Sept. 13, 2021). Usual dates: September (Sept. 4-27, 2020 scheduled; Sept. 3-26, 2021). Scale: 'Washington's home to gather and celebrate' since 1900; operated 'uninterrupted' except for four war years (organizer's statement, Ex. SEC-20-GM-011). Venue orders 2020: WA-035, WA-041, WA-037, WA-034. Venue orders 2021: WA-078, WA-080, WA-084, WA-085, WA-111, WA-102.