At a special meeting Thursday, the Washington State Potato Conference and Trade Show board voted unanimously to relocate the 2009 event to the Tri-Cities Convention Center in Kennewick, instead of in Moses Lake, its base since its inception 47 years ago.
The board also set the 2009 event dates for Jan. 26 to Jan. 28. The board will address location of the 2010 event at a later date.