Sunday evening, Cookson didn't know how much that bottom line might be, but was hopeful of a better than break-even event.

A preliminary count of Saturday's receipts from booth rentals, corn sales, T-shirt sales, cookbook sales and other events was more than $2,500, she said. That did not include revenues from pre-sales and early payments for booths.

“We're still trying to earn as much money as we can because every little bit will help (toward the proposed sports complex),” Cookson said.

The town has $350,000 in the bank for the purchase of property for the development, she said. That money is from the sale of 10 acres donated by Whitlock Foods and later sold for industrial property with Whitlock's permission.

The town is in the process of selecting a site for the recreation complex.

“We've kind of put a hold on everything until we find a site,” Cookson said. “We don't want to start saying this is where we are going to build and then something happen. We want to use our heads and then be real cautious with it and do what's best.”

Baseball and softball fields will be the first facilities to be developed at the complex when it happens, Cookson said. Soccer fields will come after that.

There are also plans for football and basketball facilities, a water park, a community room and dreams of things like a disc golf course and a splash pad.

“We've got so much stuff that is our dream,” she said.

Reach Liz McMahan at 684-2926 or lmcmahan@muskogeephoenix.com.