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This year the old tobacco barn in Heritage Circle will celebrate its 20th year of being used to cure tobacco during the fair.  But it’s impossible to know just how many seasons of tobacco have come through its short, single door and how many times fires were lit to begin the curing process.

But you can bet it will continue to be a functioning tobacco barn under Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. It was Troxler’s vision for the area that saw the tobacco barn being the centerpiece of a transformed and reinvigorated Heritage Circle, much like tobacco barns had been the foundation of rural communities across the state.