CHERRYVALE — A divided Cherryvale City Council clashed Monday whether alcohol should be served at Logan Park for a possible community fall festival.

At issue are ideas by the Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce to create a fall festival that might supplement — or possibly even replace —  the Cherry Blossom Festival held each May. During a meeting of the chamber’s board of directors last week, ideas were expressed on ways to improve to the spring festival. One suggestion was to create a fall festival, perhaps coinciding with the fall sports homecoming celebration at Cherryvale High School. As a way to boost revenue for the festival, some chamber members discussed ideas to sell alcohol in a social setting, commonly known as a beer garden. The beer garden, which would be sponsored by the Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce, could coincide with a food competition, such as a chili or barbecue contest on a Saturday evening and would not be held on the night of the CHS football homecoming game on the previous Friday night.
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