After two months without power, the electricity has been switched back on at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, and its CEO credits a Stocktonia story with prompting the rapid and overwhelming response that saved the day.
If the deadline had not been met, CEO Daniel Castillo said he would have been forced into hard choices about how to put on the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival, scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The fairgrounds had been scraping by with portable diesel generators, inadequate for staging major events. The Asparagus Festival typically attracts 30,000 visitors — and it’s only the start of event season. Cinco de Mayo, the county fair and AgFest are among the big events on tap over the next three months…