Wednesday, October 28, 2026
In 16 years, a dilapidated Cumberland County factory site has been transformed
People come from near and far to attend car shows at the 82-acre Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle. And when thousands of people descend on the fairgrounds, there has to be a place for them to park. But when a 90-year-old factory near the fairgrounds closed in 2008, Carlisle Events, the company that hosts the car shows, could’ve lost more than 1,000 parking spaces. Carlisle Events had leased parking on a 20-acre lot on the plant property. “When they closed, we knew that we were at risk of losing the
