BURLINGTON, KY (FOX19) - Boone County Public Library has purchased Lot #24 and part of Lot #23 (a total of 5.61 acres) on Town Center Drive in Walton, KY. 

“It's a firm reality that the southern area of the county is growing,” said Library Director Greta Southard, “and as the community grows, we need to position ourselves to be able to grow with it so that the citizens of Boone County continue to benefit from exceptional library service. There isn’t a timeline yet to build in Walton; we anticipate beginning construction within the next 3 – 5 years.  The selection of this site has been the result of years of prior planning – looking at projected population growth, transit corridors and areas of growth.

FAIRFIELD (FOX19) - An eccentric Greater Cincinnati institution is about to take root in a new location.  Jungle Jim's International Market will open a second location in Clermont County.

The new store will occupy the site of the original biggs store at 4450 Eastgate Boulevard, in the old biggs Place Mall in Union Township.  That was one of a number of locations of that chain that closed before or during its acquisition by Remke Stores last year.

Jungle Jim's owner, founder, and namesake Jim Bonaminio had previously talked about opening a second store off Markbreit Avenue near the Norwood Lateral in Oakley, but the project that was supposed to include the store fell through.

When the Eastgate biggs' closed, a campaign immediately arose to convince Jungle Jim's to open a location in the old store.  A Facebook page, "Bring Jungle Jim's to Biggs Plaza"  had already attracted 23-hundred members as of this morning.

Union Township

FAIRFIELD (FOX19) - The owners of Fairfield's Wake Nation Cincinnati watersports park are about to become the first company in America to own two "cable-wakeboarding" parks.

Today they announced plans to build a second Wake Nation location in Pearland, Texas, which is about 20 miles south of Houston.  They will start building the new park right away.  It is expected to open next spring, and will be called Wake Naiton Houston.

Wake Nation is a facility that makes it possible for people to waterboard and water ski without a boat, using machinery and cables in a round pond to allow non-stop action.

The original park opened last year in Joyce Park in Fairfield.  Earlier this year, they set a Guinness world record for greatest distance traveled on a wakeboard in 24 hours.

Wake Nation Cincinnati will stay open this season through October.

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