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30 THE RURAL VOICE
these homes are welcoming plowing
match visitors. "It's about meeting
new friends and bringing money to
the area," she said.
The 2000 Plowing Match's
million dollar budget was spent as
local as possible. Match chairman
Robinson said the spin-off dollars of
the match have already been
tremendous. The 1999 match chair
Graeme Craig said the plowing match
is a multi-million dollar business.
Last year's match was held in
Dashwood and chair Craig said the
economic benefits were seen in the
four years of preparation and were
very evident in the final year. Money
was spent on things such as painting,
advertising, signs and electricity,
most of the budget for Huron
County's match was spent within the
county. Craig said statistics show that
businesses a 60 -mile radius from the
match site are affected by the
economic benefit. Last year's match
had a budget of $1.12 million and
made a $911 profit. Wellington chair
Robinson said he expects to break
even and make a little extra money
this year.
Nancy Nutt, a co-owner of Bill
and Nancy's General Store in
Dashwood, said for her sales
did not shoot up like expected during
the 1999 match last year. Nutt speaks
of sales rising before and after the
match last year but since traffic was
re-routed around the town during the
five-day match sales only rose
minimally. The organizers of the
match, Nutt claims, built up that sales
saying they would dramatically rise.
After the match she told organizers
that sales did not climb during the
match, organizers said they k new
sales would not likely increase.
"People that go to the plowing
match are mostly farmers and they go
for the day and then leave," Nutt said.
However, Laura Simpson, the owner
of J & L's Variety in Zurich said the
increase in sales were the same as if a
festival was being held in town.
Simpson did not expect an increase in
sales but every day the business was
up a couple hundred dollars. J & L's
Variety is also open during the
evening while Bill and Nancy's
General Store is only open from nine
to five.
Simpson does agree that
organizers built up sales that did not