Curious residents

will head to the new Coweta County Fairgrounds complex this weekend to

get a glimpse at the facility.

The county

has extended an open invitation for everyone to visit the complex on Pine

Road. The open house will go on rain or shine Sunday from 2 - 6 p.m.

Scheduled entertainment

includes the Newnan High School chorus, the Northgate High School 1 Act

Players and the East Coweta High School band at the Walker Horne open

air theater; antique automobiles, tractors and wagons in the midway area,

and farm animals at the agriculture center.

Clowns are

scheduled to be there with balloons for the kids. Plus, there will be

free hot dogs, chips, cookies and drinks for everybody and there will

be folks stationed around the facility to inform you about the various

venues.

The new facility

sits on 60 acres and features parking for up to 1,600 cars.

The centerpiece

of the new facility is a 14,000-sq. ft. multipurpose building that can

be used by members of the community.

The building

will be big enough to accommodate small meetings, and county officials

are hoping to lure small shows to the structure's three meeting rooms.

In front of

the multipurpose building will be a small amphitheater that architect

Jeff Walker said could be used as a small entry stage for the fairgrounds.

Walker envisions a small band or chorus greeting visitors as they walk

through the ticket gates and head toward the fair's midway. The midway

will sit on nine acres and be accessible through the main ticket gates

in the center of the area or through a secondary set of gates.

The entire

60-acre site is filled with picnic areas and will have a nature trail

so residents will be encouraged to use it year-round, instead of just

visiting the site for the fair.

The fair will

be staged at the complex Sept.18-22.