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Zoning pits charities against meadery
Neighboring nonprofits oppose alcohol-tinged agribusiness
Backyard Van Ottering Web
This picture from Five Hives & Vines' planning and zoning slide presentation is of one of Eric Van Otteren's beehive sites, actually in the Conyers area. It is meant to suggest the honeyed hospitality of the proposed Bulloch County meadery. - photo by Special
Like many zoning disputes, the one over the proposed Five Hives & Vines meadery involves neighbors with conflicting wishes. But in the case of Five Hives & Vines, the neighbors are unusual – a family agritourism partnership on one side and two charity organizations on the other. Earlier this month, the appointed Planning and Zoning Commission denied a variance request from Five Hives and recommended denial of a zoning change and conditional use.
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