There’s Nothing Quite Like Fair Time in the Arkansas Valley

Dated: August 24 2026

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There’s just something about fair time in the Arkansas Valley.

Maybe it’s the parade. Maybe it’s seeing people you haven’t seen in months even though you both live ten minutes apart. Maybe it’s the traditions that somehow stay the same while the kids participating in them keep getting older.

Whatever it is, fair week always feels like one of those reminders of why I love calling this place home.

August has been BUSY. We sent the kids back to school and practically rolled straight into fair time all while work, activities and regular life kept moving right along.

But honestly, I love it.

There’s something pretty special about raising my own family here and watching my girls experience the same hometown traditions that were part of growing up here for me. Different years, different memories  but the same Arkansas Valley Fair.

I love seeing our community show up. The familiar faces along the parade route. The businesses and organizations that put in countless hours behind the scenes. The conversations with people you bump into everywhere you turn.

These are the things that make a hometown a hometown.

And maybe that’s why real estate has never felt like it’s just about houses to me.

I get to sell homes in a community I genuinely love. I get to welcome people into it, help people make moves within it, and sometimes help people say goodbye to a home that holds a whole lot of memories.

Now the backpacks are back in use, the fair is behind us, and somehow we're already staring down the last stretch of summer.

It goes fast.

But these busy, slightly chaotic weeks are also the ones that remind me how lucky I am to live, work and raise my family right here in the Arkansas Valley.

There really is no place like home.

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Angela Ayala

As a homegrown La Junta native, I have witnessed many transformations in the Arkansas Valley. I have spent most of my adult life helping to make them happen. My intimate knowledge of this region and m....

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