The Hillsboro City Council approved the plans to have a larger beer garden at the Marion County fair this summer in their meeting on Tuesday, April 16.
Brent Unruh explained that last year was the first year for a beer garden at the fair and it went well.
“We didn’t have a single issue with the alcohol. It was the cleanest spot in the arena,” said Unruh.
Several of the council members chimed in that they had heard positive feedback about the garden as well.
Unruh asked permission to hold the beer garden again with a few modifications.They first asked if the space where beer consumers could be expanded.
“Some people like me would like to take a beer back and sit with their family rather than be confined to an area where they buy it. We’d like to open up the East side to beer sales only and we would block it off and inspect the area.”
They also asked if they could sell more than three beers.
(Read more: Hillsboro Free Press)