Two very different visions were presented during a Meadville Zoning Hearing Board hearing last week by applicants seeking a variance and neighbors opposed to the request.
On one side was Christine Parker, co-owner of Highland Guesthouse, the six-room bed and breakfast, and Kelly Jameson, co-owner of Davenport Cidery & Winery. The B&B was seeking a zoning variance that would allow it to sell cider and wine as a satellite location of Davenport. Such a business is prohibited in the residential zone where the B&B is located.
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