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New Year's Eve revelers will be able to take alcoholic drinks into Kalamazoo's Bronson Park this year.
City have commissioners added the park to the city's new "social district." It's intended to help downtown bars and restaurants survive COVID-19. But resident Jeff Messer says the move doesn't go far enough.
"Rather than picking winners and losers among liquor purveyors and their customers, the City Commission should just repeal all prohibitions."
Members of the city's parks board opposed the change. They say the city should revisit the issue before next summer.
City Commissioner Chris Praedel supports the change. He says it will help struggling downtown businesses like bars and restaurants, and their employees, get through the pandemic.