The Wellington City Council agreed to continue to have a “common consumption area” for the Wheat Festival. The area where alcohol can be consumed was changed last year and it went well, said Wellington Chamber director Kelly Ford at the Tuesday meeting before the big flood had arrived.
The council agreed and passed the resolution to continue the practice. In previous years there was an area, but it was off to the side more and patrons said it was hard to hear the music.
The drinking area will be from 4 p.m. until midnight on July 13 at the Wheat Festival. Ford said she was asking for just one night. If it goes well it could be expanded.
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