After three years of encouraging attendees to “Come Home”, Missouri State Fair officials have tweaked their motto for the 118th event in August. Director Mark Wolfe says the updated theme has an eye for what’s in store beyond this year’s fair.

Wolfe adds that renovations to several barns on the fairgrounds are progressing.

Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe notes that work on a permanent pavilion to take the place of the Director’s Tent along Highway 65 will begin later this year.