City Eyeing Alcohol Permit for Veterans Memorial Park
Permit required for July wine festival.
For a few hours in July, the city is looking to allow having alcohol served and consumed on city property. Currently, alcohol consumption and sales are not permitted in any city park or building. The city is permitting a 4 p.m. to dusk wine festival on Friday, July 13, that will allow serving and drinking of wine from five scheduled wineries including two Avon Lake wineries, John Christ Winery and Klingshirn Winery. The ordinance earned support from most council members who saw the opportunity as a positive economic development move, but one councilman, Larry Meiners, opposed it at council’s May 29 meeting. The event is one of three festivals supported by the Avon Lake Waterfront LLC, a private non-profit organization hoping the festivals …
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