Jul 12, 2021 / 10:24 PM EDT
CENTERVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) A Centerville entrepreneur has submitted an application to change Uptown Centerville into a Community Entertainment District (CED) to help eliminate the barrier faced by new restaurants and bars.
This CED would allow for additional liquor permits to be issued within 133 acres, from State Route 48 to Franklin Street. This would create 15 new liquor permits for businesses to apply for.
According to Michael Norton-Smith, development director for the City of Centerville, a big barrier faced by new restaurants and bars is getting a liquor permit. The typical permit doesn’t require the holder to use it, but the permits created by the CED require the operator to use it in the district.