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….The Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire is returning to Pierce County and has a new owner. The 2009 Faire will be held the first three weekends in August…The Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire is now owned by Bill Watters of San Francisco. Watters puts on other renaissance events around the country. Ron Cleveland, founder of the Washington Renaissance Faire, is now the event's operational manager.

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http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6877/reftab/1632/t/RENAISSANCE-FAIRE-RETURNS-TO-PIERCE-COUNTY/Default.aspx

The long-running theatrical event's founder, Ron Cleveland of Gig Harbor, said Wednesday he lost everything — including the fair itself — when he ran into trouble trying to move it from Purdy to leased Pope Resources land off Old Belfair Highway.

Neighbors protested that traffic and noise would be a problem and Mason County commissioners didn't act to approve it based on a Department of Natural Resources moratorium against new use permits for the site. DNR said Cleveland illegally logged part of the 206 acres.

Complete article:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/02/there-will-be-no-mason-county-renaissance-for/

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